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46 partial word matches found in search '電話はひとつの通信手段である。'
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1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 稲妻
Word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage
noun
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
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Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
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particle
1. topic marker particle  (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
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noun
tooth
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noun
leaf
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noun, noun (suffix)
clique; faction; school
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noun
1. edge (of a knife or sword)
2. prong (of an electrical plug)
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Most common form: はあ
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; indeed; well
2. ha!
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noun, noun (suffix)
fire; flame; blaze
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Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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Most common form: 灯火
noun
light; lamp; torch
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prefix
1. one  (see also: ; esp. ひと)
numeric
2. one  (when counting aloud, usu. ひ or ひい)
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noun
1. fault; error; mistake
2. going poorly; being disadvantageous; being unfavorable
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noun
princess; consort
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noun (suffix)
cost; expense
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noun
rook  (see also: 飛車; shogi term; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. ratio; proportion
noun
2. match; equal
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noun
no; the noes
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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noun
way
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noun
1. to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres)  (obsolete term)
2. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)  (see also: 枡形)
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counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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conjunction
1. indicates two contrasting actions  (see also: 浮きつ沈みつ, 追いつ追われつ; form: ...つ...つ)
particle
2. indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)  (archaic)
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noun
horn
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particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
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'na' adjective, noun (suffix)
1. connoisseur; authority
2. counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.
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noun
means of communication
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adverb, noun
1. honesty; fidelity
2. trust; reliance
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noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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noun
means; way; measure
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noun
1. step; stair; (flight of) steps; (row of) stitches; columns (of print)
noun, counter
2. grade; rank; level
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noun
1. variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
2. 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
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particle
1. indicates location of action; at; in  (にて is the formal literary form)
2. indicates time of action
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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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auxiliary
to be  (see also: である; abbreviation; archaic)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. coming out; going out; outflow; efflux; rising (of the sun or moon)
2. attending (work); appearing (on stage); one's turn to go on
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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a certain ...; some ...; one ...  (often written with kana only)
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. Ah!; Oh!; expression of surprise, recollection, etc.
2. Hey!; used to get someone's attention
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