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Words — 163 found

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1. mountain; hill
  • たか高い
  • やま
  • ちょうじょう頂上
  • くうき空気
  • うす薄い
The air is thin at the top of a high mountain.
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2. mine
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3. (mountain) forest
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4. heap; pile; stack; mountain
  • せんたくもの洗濯物
  • やま
  • ながら
  • わたし
  • ためいきため息をついた
Looking at the pile of laundry, I sighed.
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5. protruding or high part of an object; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire)
Noun
6. climax; peak; critical point
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7. guess; speculation; gamble
  • うまく
  • あの
  • せんせい先生
  • やま
  • 当てた
  • わね
You've sure got the teacher's number.
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8. (criminal) case; crimeSlang, Usually written using kana alone, police and crime reporter jargon; usu. written as ヤマ
Noun
9. mountain climbing; mountaineering
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10. festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd)See also 山鉾
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11. deck (from which players draw cards); draw pile; stockCard games, See also 山札
Noun
12. wall; wall tileMahjong
Noun, used as a prefix
13. wildbefore the name of a plant or animal
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1. origin; source; beginningesp. 元
  • けんせい憲政
  • きき危機
  • はじ始まった
  • このような
  • じょうきょう状況
  • もと
  • であった
It was under these circumstances that the constitutional crisis began.
Noun
2. basis; base; foundation; rootoft. 基
  • この
  • システム
  • もと
  • せいと生徒
  • こうたい交替
  • おし教え
  • あい
  • おたがお互いに
  • たすけあ助け合わ
  • なければなりません
The basis of this system is that the students must take turns in teaching, they have to help each other.
Noun
3. causealso written as 因, 原
  • その
  • じむいん事務員
  • かろう過労
  • もと
  • 死んだ
The clerk died from overwork.
Noun
4. (raw) material; ingredient; base; mix (e.g. for a cake); (soup) stockesp. 素
Noun
5. (one's) sideOnly applies to 元
  • かれ
  • なぜ
  • つま
  • かれ彼の
  • もと
  • 去った
  • わからなかった
He had no idea why his wife left him.
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6. capital; principal; cost priceOnly applies to 元
Noun
7. root (of a plant); (tree) trunk
Noun
8. part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand)
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9. first three lines of a wakaSee also 和歌
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10. counter for plants or treesOnly applies to 本
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11. counter for falcons (in falconry)Only applies to 本
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12. BookA book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blan... Read more
Other forms
本 【もと】素 【もと】基 【もと】
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Noun
1. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
  • うめ
  • はな
  • こんしゅう今週
  • みごろ見頃
  • です
The plum blossoms are at their best this week.
Noun
2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)See also 竹 たけ, See also 松 まつ
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3. Prunus mumePrunus mume, with the common names including Chinese plum... Read more
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梅 【むめ】楳 【うめ】楳 【むめ】ウメ
Notes
むめ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. むめ: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timewornof things, not people
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. long; since long ago; time-honored
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
3. of the distant past; long-ago
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
4. stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
5. old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
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旧い 【ふるい】故い 【ふるい】
Notes
旧い: Rarely-used kanji form. 故い: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Numeric
1. three; 3参 is used in legal documents
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三 【み】3 【さん】3 【み】参 【さん】参 【み】參 【さん】參 【み】弎 【さん】弎 【み】
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參: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage. 參: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage. 弎: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage. 弎: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage.
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Numeric
1. three
Noun
2. three years of age
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三つ 【みつ】3つ 【みっつ】3つ 【みつ】
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Noun
1. bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae)
Noun
2. middle (of a three-tier ranking system)See also 梅 うめ, See also 松 まつ
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3. BambooBamboo  listen(US) is a group of perennial evergreens in ... Read more
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タケ
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
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2. IntimidationIntimidation (also called cowing) is intentional behavior... Read more
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Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
1. frame; framework
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
2. border; box
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
3. limit; restriction; quota
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
4. category; bracket; class
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
5. time slot (in a broadcasting schedule)
Noun, Noun, used as a suffix
6. stream; livestream; live stream; live (online) broadcastInternet slang, See also 歌枠
Noun
7. spool (of thread); reel
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8. Structural systemThe term structural system or structural frame in structu... Read more
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框 【わく】
Notes
框: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Noun
1. shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
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2. ShamisenThe shamisen or samisen, also called sangen is a three-st... Read more
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三味線 【さみせん】
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Noun
1. power; motive power
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2. three-phase electricityEngineering, See also 三相交流
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3. Power transmissionPower transmission is the movement of energy from its pla... Read more
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Noun
1. opponent; rival; adversaryAntonym: 味方
  • ある
  • おとこ
  • はんだん判断
  • する
  • には
  • その
  • ひと
  • ゆうじん友人
  • による
  • どうよう同様に
  • てき
  • によって
  • はんだん判断
  • する
  • いい
  • だろう
You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
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2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
  • かれ
  • てき
  • ふいう不意打ち
  • 食わせた
He surprised his opponent.
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Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
1. to let pass; to allow through; to let through; to make way (for)
  • その
  • どうしても
  • じぶん自分
  • わがまま
  • とお通そう
  • としている
The boy will have his own way.
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
2. to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to let permeate (e.g. water through a fabric); to permit through; to let through (e.g. air); to run through (e.g. a pipe); to penetrate; to let in
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
3. to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to thread (e.g. a needle); to put through
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
4. to connect (e.g. two places); to open (a route, path, etc.); to link (e.g. by a road); to establish (a connection between); to join; to extend up to (somewhere)
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
5. to pass (a student, applicant, etc.); to admit (e.g. a student); to let through; to let in
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
6. to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in; to guide in; to admit (someone)
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
7. to present logically; to make (e.g. one's argument) convincing; to be consistent (in one's reasoning); to stick to (e.g. one's principles)See also 筋を通す
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
8. to go through (e.g. a middleman); to put as an intermediary; to mediate via (somebody); to do via (something)as 通して...する
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
9. to pass (a law); to put through (e.g. a motion); to make way (for)
  • さんぎいん参議院
  • どんな
  • かいせいあん改正案
  • とお通さなくても
  • かま構わない
  • ようです
The Upper House seems bent on defeating any reform bills.
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
10. to listen through (a door, wall, etc.); to look through (e.g. a window)also written 透す
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
11. to heat thorougly (of food); to cook properly; to warm well; to heat evenlyFood, cooking, as 火(熱)を~
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
12. to dip into (e.g. a sauce); to pass through (e.g. a broth); to put through (e.g. boiling water)Food, cooking
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
13. to make (someone) approve (e.g. a plan); to force agreement; to push through (a proposal, idea, will, etc.); to have one's way
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
14. to continue (in a state); to persist in (doing); to keep doing; to remain (in a state)also as で~
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
15. to do through the lens of; to view from the angle of; to do from the perspective ofusu. as 通して...する
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
16. to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the wholeSee also 目を通す
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
17. to do from beginning to end without a break; to finish in one session; to do all at once; to do in one goas 通して...する
Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb
18. to relay (a message, an order, etc.); to convey (an intention, meaning, etc.); to send through; to pass on (e.g. information); to make heard (e.g. one's voice)
Suffix, Godan verb with 'su' ending
19. to do ... to the end; to do ... continuously; to carry through ...; to complete ...See also やり通す, after the -masu stem of a verb
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徹す 【とおす】透す 【とおす】
Notes
徹す: Rarely-used kanji form. 透す: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
1. to eatMale term or language
  • おなかをすお腹を空かせた
  • その
  • おとこ
  • しょくもつ食物
  • むさぼり
  • 食った
The starving man devoured the food.
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
2. to live; to make a living; to survive
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
3. to bite; to sting (as insects do)
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
4. to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
5. to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
6. to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
7. to consume time; to consume resources
  • この
  • じぎょう事業
  • かね
  • 食う
This job eats money.
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
8. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)Colloquial
  • しゅじん主人
  • おおめだま大目玉
  • 食った
The boss bawled me out.
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first timeMale term or language, Vulgar expression or word
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喰う 【くう】啖う 【くう】
Notes
啖う: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Noun
1. medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle
Suffix
2. in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among
  • くうき空気
  • ちゅう
  • ごく
  • ちい小さい
  • りゅうし粒子
  • ガン
  • もと
  • になり
  • 得る
Tiny particles in the air can cause cancer.
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3. during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout
  • かれ
  • りょこう旅行
  • ちゅう
  • びょうき病気になった
He got sick during the trip.
Suffix
4. currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation)
  • となり隣の
  • へや部屋
  • かいぎ会議
  • ちゅう
  • です
There is a conference going on in the next room.
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5. middle way; moderation
Noun
6. second volume (of three)See also , See also
Noun
7. junior high school; middle schoolAbbreviation, See also 中学校
Noun
8. ChinaAbbreviation, See also 中国
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Noun
1. inside; interior
  • かれ
  • じぶん自分
  • おかねお金
  • ぜんぶ全部
  • はこ
  • なか
  • 入れた
He put all his money in the box.
Noun, Adverb (fukushi)
2. among; within
  • これらの
  • しょうひん商品
  • なか
  • から
  • ひと1つ
  • えら選び
  • なさい
Choose one from among these products.
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3. middle; center; centre
Noun, Adverb (fukushi)
4. during; while; middle; midst; amid
  • みをき身を切るような
  • さむ寒い
  • なか
  • わざわざ
  • あそ遊ばなくて
  • いい
  • じゃない
You don't have to play outside in the biting wind.
Noun
5. interval; gap
Noun
6. mean; average
Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun
7. second (of three, e.g. sons, volumes); middle
Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
8. medium grade; medium quality
Noun
9. red-light districtArchaic
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10. Naka
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
1. development; evolution; progression; unfolding; (plot) twist
  • その
  • じけん事件
  • てんかい展開
  • について
  • ひきつづ引き続き
  • おしお知らせ
  • くだ下さい
Please keep me informed of the development of the case.
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
2. expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up
  • よとう与党
  • やとう野党
  • ひなん非難
  • キャンペーン
  • てんかい展開
  • しています
The ruling party is running a smear campaign against the opposition.
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
3. expansion (of an algebraic expression)Mathematics
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
4. development (of a three-dimensional shape)Mathematics
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb
5. extraction (of compressed data); decompression; unpackingComputing
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
6. sharing (information)Business
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. suspicious; dubious; questionable; dodgy; shady; fishy
  • みんな
  • やつ
  • あや怪しい
  • おも思っている
We are all suspicious about him.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. doubtful; unsure; uncertain; unlikely; implausible
  • かれ
  • じかん時間どおり
  • きた来る
  • かどうか
  • わたし
  • あや怪しい
  • おも思う
I question whether he'll come in time.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
3. untrustworthy; unreliable; clumsy; awkward; shaky; poor
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
4. strange; weird; eerie; spooky; uncanny
  • その
  • あや怪しい
  • じょせい女性
  • まじょ魔女
  • かんが考えられた
The strange-looking woman was thought to be a witch.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
5. ominous (e.g. weather); threatening; dangerous (e.g. financial situation); uncertain
  • そら
  • あや怪しい
  • あめ
  • 降る
  • かな
The sky looks ominous. I wonder if it will rain.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
6. suspicious (of a potential amorous relation)
    ジャネット
  • デイブ
  • あやしい
  • という
  • うわさ
  • なが流れた
Word got around that Jeanette and Dave were having an affair.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
7. mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchantingSee also 妖しい あやしい, also 妖しい
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Kanji — 10 found

0.04071098833193995
3 strokes. JLPT N5. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1.
three
Kun: み.つ みっ.つ
On: サン ゾウ
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0.5263349205772236
3 strokes. JLPT N5. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1.
stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)
Kun: かわ
On: セン
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1.1689869506742758
8 strokes. JLPT N3. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4.
nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in
On: サン シン
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2.163498237068809
6 strokes. JLPT N2. Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1.
thread
Kun: いと
On:
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Names — 2 found

そうそう 【曹操】
Full name
1. Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei, father of Emperor Cao Pi; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms
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2. Cao CaoCao Cao (155 – March 15, 220) was a warlord and the penul... Read more
さんじゅうし 【三銃士】
Unclassified name
1. Les Trois Mousquetaires (novel by Alexandre Dumas, 1844); The Three Musketeers