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Noun
1. language; dialectSee also 言語
  • ことば言葉
  • いちめん一面
  • でんたつ伝達
  • しようとする
  • いし意志
  • である
  • かれ
  • 言う
"One aspect of language is an intent to communicate," he says.
Noun
2. word; phrase; expression; term
  • ことば言葉
  • 出て
  • こなかった
Words failed me.
Noun
3. speech; (manner of) speaking; (use of) language
  • らんぼう乱暴な
  • ことば言葉
  • つか使って
  • いけない
Don't be rough in speech.
Noun
4. words; remark; statement; comment
Noun
5. learning to speak; language acquisition
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詞 【ことば】辞 【ことば】言葉 【けとば】
Notes
詞: Rarely-used kanji form. 辞: Rarely-used kanji form. けとば: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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Noun
1. colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade
  • その
  • いろ
  • かのじょ彼女の
  • かみのけ髪の毛
  • よく
  • 合った
The color went beautifully with her hair.
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2. complexion; skin colour; skin color
Noun
3. look (on one's face); expression
  • まんぞく満足
  • いろ
  • かれ彼の
  • かお
  • 浮かんだ
A look of contentment appeared on his face.
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4. appearance; air; feeling
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5. personality; character
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6. tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring
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7. love; lust; sensuality; love affairSee also 色仕掛け
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8. lover; paramour
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9. beauty; sexiness; physical appeal
Noun
10. kind; type; varietyalso written 種
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1. facial expression; countenance
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2. look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
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Noun
1. thanks; gratitudeSee also お礼
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2. manners; etiquette
Noun, Counter
3. bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing
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4. reward; gift
Noun
5. ceremony; ritual
Noun
6. key moneyAbbreviation, See also 礼金
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Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
1. section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
  • かれ
  • その
  • もじどお文字どおりの
  • いみ意味
  • せつめい説明
  • した
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
2. phraseLinguistics
  • この
  • ぜんちし前置詞
  • しょうりゃく省略
  • できる
You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
3. verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
4. haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
5. maxim; saying; idiom; expression
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
6. clause (e.g. in a database query language)Computing
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Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
1. way; style; fashion; method; system; form; type
  • かれ
  • じこ事故
  • その
  • しき
  • しゅっせき出席
  • できなかった
An accident prohibited his attending the ceremony.
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2. ceremony; rite; ritual; celebration
  • しゃちょう社長
  • あいさつ挨拶
  • なが長くて
  • しき
  • こうはん後半
  • おせお押せ押せ
  • になって
  • しまった
The company president's welcome was so long that we were squeezed for time in the second half of the ceremony.
Noun
3. wedding (ceremony)
Noun
4. equation; formula; expression
  • しき
  • よぶん余分
  • へんすう変数
  • くわ加えた
  • ことによって
  • この
  • じっけんけっか実験結果
  • ふめいりょう不明瞭な
  • もの
  • になっている
The result of this experiment is obscured by the extra variables added in the formula.
Noun
5. enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryō legal codes)Historical term, See also 律令
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6. Expression
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Pronoun
1. what
  • いま
  • アナウンス
  • なに
  • だった
  • のです
What did the announcement just say?
Pronoun
2. you-know-what; that thing
Pronoun
3. whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
Noun
4. penis; (one's) thing; dickColloquial, Usually written using kana alone, esp. ナニ
  • それほど
  • でも
  • せいぜい
  • おお大き
  • くら比べたり
  • わいだんわい談
  • する
  • くらい
  • 」「
  • おお大き
  • って
  • なに
  • ?」「
  • ナニ
"No, not so much. At most comparing sizes, telling dirty stories." "Sizes of what?" "Of 'that'."
Adverb (fukushi)
5. (not) at all; (not) in the slightestwith neg. sentence
6. what?; huh?indicates surprise
  • なに
  • でき出来ない
  • この
  • どきょう度胸
  • なし
  • こしぬ腰抜けッ
What? You can't do it? You coward! Chicken!
7. hey!; come on!indicates anger or irritability
8. oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not)used to dismiss someone's worries, concerns, etc.
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ナニ
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Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
1. to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
    2.
  • だいこん大根
  • ひょうしぎ拍子木
  • 切る
2. Cut the daikon into long sticks.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
2. to sever (connections, ties)See also 縁を切る
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
3. to turn off (e.g. the light)
  • エアコン
  • 切って
  • かまいません
Do you mind if I turn off the AC?
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
4. to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnectSee also 電話を切る
    「スミス
  • さん
  • おねがお願い
  • したい
  • のです
  • 」「
  • そのまま
  • 切らず
  • お待ち
  • ください
"May I speak to Mr Smith?" "Will you hold the line?"
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
5. to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
6. to open (something sealed)
  • いったん
  • ふう
  • 切る
  • その
  • テープ
  • へんぴん返品
  • できません
Once you break the seal, you can't return the tape.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
7. to start
  • てんしょく転職
  • ひっこ引っ越し
  • して
  • しんきいってん心機一転
  • あら新たな
  • スタート
  • 切った
I quit my job and moved so I could start off with a clean slate.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
8. to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
9. to reduce; to decrease; to discountSee also 値切る
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
10. to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
11. to cross; to traverse
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
12. to criticize sharply
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
13. to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
14. to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
15. to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
  • トランプ
  • よく
  • 切って
  • ください
Please shuffle the cards carefully.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
16. to shuffle (cards)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
17. to discard a tileMahjong
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
18. to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expel; to excommunicate
    ハリー
  • なんとか
  • その
  • かわ
  • およ泳ぎ
  • きった
Harry managed to swim across the river.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
19. to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
20. to trumpSee also 切り札
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
21. to cut (the connection between two groups)Go (game)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
22. to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)also written as 鑽る
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
23. to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending
24. to do completely; to finish doingSee also 使い切る, after the -masu stem of a verb
Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending
25. to be completely ...; to be totally ...; to be terribly ...See also 疲れ切る, after the -masu stem of a verb
Suffix, Godan verb with 'ru' ending
26. to do clearly; to do decisively; to do firmlySee also 言い切る, after the -masu stem of a verb
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. cool; refreshing
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. clear (e.g. eyes); bright
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
3. clear; distinct
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
4. composed (facial expression); unruffled; unconcernedSee also 涼しい顔 すずしいかお
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
5. pure; upright; innocentArchaic
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凉しい 【すずしい】
Notes
凉しい: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
1. to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
2. to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
3. to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
4. to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)See also 照る てる, from 面曇る
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Noun
1. honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific languageLinguistics
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Noun
1. thanks; gratitudePolite (teineigo) language
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2. manners; etiquettePolite (teineigo) language
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3. bowPolite (teineigo) language
Noun
4. reward; giftPolite (teineigo) language
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5. ceremony; ritualPolite (teineigo) language
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御礼 【おれい】御礼 【おんれい】
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. expression; representation; description
  • しおどき潮時
  • というもの
  • ある
  • という
  • ひょうげん表現
  • じつ実は
  • シェイクスピア
  • 「ジュリアス・シーザー」
  • ある
  • ひょうげん表現
  • である
"There is a tide" is, in fact, from a passage in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
Noun
2. representation (of a group)Mathematics
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Noun
1. complaint; grumbling; objection
  • そんな
  • こと
  • きみ
  • もんく文句
  • 言う
  • りゆう理由
  • には
  • ならない
That doesn't give you grounds for complaining.
Noun
2. phrase; words; expression
  • その
  • もんく文句
  • ひと
  • ぶじょく侮辱
  • する
  • ため
  • もの
The phrase is meant to insult people.
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Noun
1. visit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune); call; inquiry (about someone's health); expression of sympathySee also お見舞い
  • あなた
  • びょうき病気
  • 知っていたら
  • びょういん病院
  • みま見舞い
  • 行った
  • だろう
If I had known about your illness, I would have visited you in the hospital.
Noun
2. letter of inquiry; letter of sympathy; get-well letter; gift (in token of one's sympathy)See also 見舞い状, See also 見舞い品
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見舞 【みまい】
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Noun
1. embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
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表れ 【あらわれ】現われ 【あらわれ】表われ 【あらわれ】顕れ 【あらわれ】
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Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
1. really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
2. indeed
  • かのじょ彼女
  • きれい
  • 」「
  • まったく
"She is lovely." "So she is."
3. good griefAbbreviation, Usually written using kana alone, See also 全くもう, expression of exasperation
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Noun
1. shade; shadow
  • あの
  • かげ
  • 腰をおろしましょう
Let's sit down in the shade of that tree.
Noun
2. behind (something); other side; back
  • カーテン
  • かげ
  • かくれ隠れている
  • だれ
Who is hiding behind the curtain?
Noun
3. the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back
  • かげ
  • たにん他人
  • わるぐち悪口
  • 言う
  • べき
  • でない
You should not speak ill of others behind their backs.
Noun
4. gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.); darkness
Other forms
蔭 【かげ】翳 【かげ】
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Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
1. thank you (for the meal just served); I receive (this meal)Usually written using kana alone, See also 頂く いただく
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戴きます 【いただきます】
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. skillful; skilful; skilled; good; expert; clever (expression, trick, etc.); apt; appropriateUsually written using kana alone, esp. 上手い, 巧い
  • かのじょ彼女
  • テニス
  • うま上手い
  • すいえい水泳
  • へた下手
She's very good at tennis, but she's not much of a swimmer.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. delicious; tasty; good; niceUsually written using kana alone, esp. 旨い, 美味い, 甘い
  • あそこ
  • たべもの食べ物
  • うまい
  • ねだん値段
  • やす安い
  • ちのり地の利
  • わる悪い
  • なんてん難点
That place's food is great, and their prices are good, but the fly in the ointment is their terrible location.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
3. good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable; promising; lucky; fortunate; successful; satisfactory; splendidUsually written using kana alone, esp. 旨い
  • それ
  • あまりにも
  • うま
  • すぎる
  • はなし
That's too good a story to be true.
Other forms
美味い 【うまい】旨い 【うまい】巧い 【うまい】甘い 【うまい】美い 【うまい】
Notes
美い: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Kanji — 11 found

1.094834793355385
6 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3.
style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
On: シキ
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2.9486387263276512
18 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2.
face, expression
Kun: かお
On: ガン
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3.68143651630257
13 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4.
resign, word, term, expression
On:
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5.141216240776417
12 strokes. JLPT N1. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
paragraph, nape of neck, clause, item, term (expression)
Kun: うなじ
On: コウ
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