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5 exact word matches found in search 'ます'
noun
trout; sea trout  (often written with kana only)
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'su' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
to increase; to grow
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auxiliary verb
1. used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)  (see also: ませ; polite (teineigo) language)
2. used to indicate respect for those affected by the action  (archaic; humble)
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noun
1. measuring container; measure
2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
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Most common form: います
Yodan verb with `su' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
1. to be  (honorific; archaic)
2. to go; to come  (honorific; archaic)
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5 words found beginning with 'ます'
noun
sedge  (see also: ; archaic)
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increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less  (often written with kana only)
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noun
literary form imparting the nuance of polite speech (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")  (see also: ですます体; often written with kana only)
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noun
1. measure
2. square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper)
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Most common form: 麻酔
anaesthesia; anesthesia
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13 words found containing 'ます' in any position
expression
thank you very much  (polite (teineigo) language)
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expression
did  (typo of しました, oft. intentional for comedic effect; CODE net-sl MISSING!)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to attack; to punch  (regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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interjection (kandoushi)
1. no; that's wrong; it's not like that  (see also: ちゃう; polite (teineigo) language; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
expression
2. isn't it?; wasn't it?  (see also: ちゃう; polite (teineigo) language; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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interjection (kandoushi)
thanks  (see also: ありがとうございます; abbreviation; slang)
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noun
style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to anneal  (see also: 焼なまし; engineering term)
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expression, 'su' godan verb
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding  (see also: 行方をくらます; rare)
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expression
may their soul rest in peace  (also 〜いたします, 〜申し上げます, etc.)
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expression
man flourishes with age  (proverb)
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