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1
Most common form:
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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1
Most common form: 二十
noun
20; twenty
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Most common form:
numeric
two  (originally from Chinese 'er')
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2
noun
1. year
2. age; years
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system)  (archaic)
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0
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noun
sexual intercourse  (archaic)
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2
Most common form: 夜這い
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
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particle, conjunction
(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons
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noun
1. doer; performer
2. protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; leading part; main character  (often written with kana only)
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noun
private residence  (see also: 官邸)
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particle
1. by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.)  (see also: からして, として, にして, 為る)
2. indicates patient of a causative expression  (as 〜をして in modern Japanese)
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1
Most common form:
numeric
four  (肆 is used in legal documents)
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0
Most common form: 指定
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
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1
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. death; decease
2. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)  (see also: 五刑; archaic)
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0
Most common form:
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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2 1
Most common form: 子弟
noun
young(er) people; children
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1
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noun, noun (suffix)
city
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1
Most common form:
noun (suffix), noun
history
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Most common form:
noun (suffix), counter
magazine  (see also: 雑誌; abbreviation)
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Most common form:
noun
official; civil service
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2
noun
teacher and student
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auxiliary
indicates continuing action  (see also: ; で after certain verb forms)
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Most common form:
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手; colloquialism)
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Most common form: って
particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. stomach
2. Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 胃宿, 白虎; astronomy, etc. term)
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noun
well
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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greatness
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counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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3
big; large; great; loud
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prefix
1. great; grand; large  (archaic)
2. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正)
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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prefix
big; large  (see also: )
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prefix
1. great; grand; large  (archaic)
2. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正)
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prefix
1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior  (see also: ; also written as 正; archaic)
2. a great deal; very much  (see also: 大いなる, 大いに)
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. spirit; mind; heart  (see also: 気を逸らす)
2. nature; disposition  (see also: 気が小さい)
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yellow
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. account; history; chronicle; annals; record  (also written 紀)
noun
2. Records of Ancient Matters  (see also: 古事記; abbreviation)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. period; time
2. age  (geology, etc. term)
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1
Most common form: 奇異
odd; strange; wonderful
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2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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suffix
-ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er  (see also: 政治家)
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Most common form: うち
1. house; home (one's own)  (often written with kana only)
2. (one's) family; (one's) household  (see also: ; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
suffix
1. (something) shop  (see also: パン屋; usu. 屋)
2. somebody who sells (something) or works as (something)  (see also: 殺し屋; usu. 屋, can be derog.)
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Most common form: んち
suffix, expression
's house; 's home  (see also: ; from 〜のうち; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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particle
1. at (place, time); in; on; during
2. to (direction, state); toward; into
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Most common form:
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods
2. burden; responsibility
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1
Most common form:
noun
red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion
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noun
dwelling; living
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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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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0
Most common form: ので
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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Most common form:
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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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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Most common form:
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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1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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noun
1. company; corporation
2. workplace
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1
noun
gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.)  (archaic)
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1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. meeting; assembly; party
2. association; club
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1
noun
shrine (usually Shinto)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. company; association; society  (see also: 会社; abbreviation)
2. regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour)
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3
Most common form: 務め
noun
1. service; duty; business; responsibility; task
2. Buddhist religious services
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Most common form: めっ
interjection (kandoushi)
no!; don't!; tsk!; used to scold small children and pets
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Most common form:
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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Most common form:
noun
sprout
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0
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
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1
noun
1. good luck; fortune; happiness
2. harvest; yield  (see also: 海の幸, 山の幸; this meaning is restricted to reading さち)
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so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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expression
if it's the case
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particle, conjunction
1. if; when
2. and
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. door (esp. Japanese-style)  (see also: )
2. shutter; window shutter
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1
Most common form:
noun
way
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Most common form:
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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auxiliary verb
1. indicate past completed or action  (see also: ; だ after certain verb forms)
2. indicates light imperative  (see also: )
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noun
1. bamboo
2. middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
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Most common form:
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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1
Most common form:
noun, prefix
multi-
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2
Most common form:
noun, suffix
1. peak
2. mountain
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. height; stature
2. length (esp. of clothing)
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Most common form: っけ
particle
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. hair
2. fur; wool
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1
Most common form: けど
conjunction, particle
but; however; although
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1
Most common form: けど
(same as above)
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Most common form:
suffix
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
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but (archaic)
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particle
even though; even if  (see also: ても; after the -ba stem of a verb)
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Most common form:
prefix
1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much  (occ. written 度 (ateji))
2. damn; stupid; cursed
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0
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.)
counter
2. counter for occurrences and times
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Most common form:
suffix
1. first-person plural (or singular)  (humble; often written with kana only)
2. second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)  (derogatory; often written with kana only)
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particle
1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence)  (as AもBも)
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0
Most common form:
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), pronoun
when; how soon  (often written with kana only)
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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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0
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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2
Most common form:
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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1
Most common form:
noun
1. plain; field
2. hidden (structural) member  (this meaning is restricted to reading の)
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0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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Most common form: かん
noun, suffix
1. interval; period of time
2. among; between; inter-
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0
noun
space; room; time; pause
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while; during (the time when)
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1
noun
1. 1.818 m (6 shaku)
2. counter used to number the gaps between pillars
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particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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0
Most common form:
noun
mosquito
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1
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair
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1
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. lesson
2. section (in an organization); division; department
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Most common form:
noun
1. addition; increase
2. Canada  (see also: 加奈陀; abbreviation)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
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Most common form:
noun
rack; mount; stand
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every day
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prefix
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
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day after day; day by day
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Most common form: ごと
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
each; every  (see also: ごとに; often written with kana only)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days  (this meaning is restricted to form 日)
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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noun
1. Sunday  (see also: 日曜; abbreviation)
suffix
2. day (of the month)  (also んち or ち)
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noun (suffix)
1. day of month
2. counter for days
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0
Most common form: 日ごと
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every day; daily
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Most common form: どう
prefix
the same; the said; ibid.
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Most common form:
suffix
1. hour; o'clock
2. (specified) time; when ...; during ...  (see also: 緊急時)
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Most common form:
noun
1. character (i.e. kanji)
2. hand-writing; penmanship
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Most common form:
noun
hemorrhoids; piles
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2
noun
1. pattern
2. behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability; force of habit  (see also: ワンパターン)
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noun
1. pas (dancing step)  (originally from French)
2. Pakistan  (see also: パキスタン; abbreviation)
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1
noun
putter
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1
turn
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0
noun
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)  (known as ちょうおん)
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noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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Most common form:
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, noun (prefix)
1. raw; uncooked; fresh
2. natural; as it is; unedited; unprocessed
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noun, noun (suffix)
area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.)  (see also: 芝生)
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noun
boiled and half-dried bonito  (see also: 生り節; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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noun
1. life; living
noun, noun (suffix)
2. I; me; myself  (male term or language; humble; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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1
noun, prefix
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
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prefix
vital; virile; lively  (archaic)
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Most common form:
1. innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears  (esp. 初, 初心; often written with kana only)
noun (prefix)
2. birth-  (産, 生)
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1
noun
1. living; life
2. judo art of resuscitation  (see also: 活を入れる)
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1
noun, conjunction
1. opposite; opposition
2. versus; vs.; v.
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3
suru verb - special class
1. to face (each other); to be facing
2. to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
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'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
to form a pair; to correspond  (archaic)
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'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face (each other); to be facing  (see also: 対する)
2. to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
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Most common form: つい
noun
1. pair; couple; set
2. antithesis  (see also: 対句)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: っす
auxiliary
be; is  (see also: です; semi-polite copula; abbreviation)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to pick someone's pocket  (see also: 掏摸; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun
vinegar
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Most common form:
noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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Most common form: 擦る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
2. to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
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1
Most common form: 刷る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to print
2. to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
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1
Most common form:
1. plain; unadorned; undecorated; unadulterated; au naturel
prefix
2. mere; poor  (before a noun; derogatory)
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dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness; disgruntled  (see also: 不満足; opposite: 満足)
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prefix
un-; non-; negative prefix
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prefix
1. un-; non-
2. bad ...; poor ...
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1
noun, prefix
1. full (years, etc.)
2. whole; all
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particle
1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
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noun
moth
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particle
1. casual quoting particle  (see also: ; abbr. for と, というのは and other similar combinations)
2. indicates supposition; if ... then
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3
noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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Most common form:
-like; typical
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0 2
noun
1. north
2. the North; northern territories
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