Search a Japanese or English word using kanji, kana or romaji:
打, だ
Counter, Sports term
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.), batting, stroke
その品物を１ダースにつき３ドルで買う。
駄, だ
Prefix, See 駄文・1
1. poor, low-grade, trivial, insignificant, worthless
Noun, used as a suffix, Counter, See 一駄
2. load, pack, horse load
3. packhorse
た, だ
Auxiliary verb, だ after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action
1. did, (have) done
indicates mild imperative
2. (please) do
問題, もんだい
1. question (e.g. on a test), problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political), issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter
3. question (i.e. doubt)
4. public discussion, controversy
5. trouble, inconvenience, difficulty
あなたはどのようにしてその問題を解いたのですか。
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時代, じだい
1. period, epoch, era, age
2. the times, those days
3. oldness, ancientness, antiquity
See 時代物・1, Abbreviation
4. antique, period piece
今や時代との競争になった。
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大学, 大學, だいがく
1. university, college
See 大学寮, historical term, Abbreviation
2. former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
See 四書
3. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
合格者の過半数は大学出身者であった。
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最大, さいだい
May take 'no', Antonym: 最小
biggest, greatest, largest, maximum
彼の最大の欠点はしゃべりすぎることだ。
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拡大, かくだい
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive
1. expansion, extension
2. magnification, enlargement
3. escalation, spread
今年は事業が５０％拡大した。
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第一, 第１, だいいち
May take 'no'
1. first, foremost, number one
2. most important
3. best, greatest
Adverb
4. above all, besides, in any case, to begin with
健康が第一だ。
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課題, かだい
1. subject, theme, issue, matter
2. homework, assignment
3. task, challenge, problem, question
課題を変えてみたらどうだろう。
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大, だい
Prefix, NA-adjective
1. large, big, great, huge, vast, major, important, serious, severe, prominent, eminent, distinguished
Suffix
2. -sized, as big as, the size of
Noun, used as a suffix, See 大学・1, Abbreviation
3. university
4. large (e.g. serving size), large option
See 大の月
5. long month (i.e. having 31 days)
嵐は作物に大損害を与えた。
現代, げんだい
May take 'no'
1. present age, present day, today
2. modern era, modern times
私は現代の音楽はあまり好きではない事を認めます。
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台, だい
Noun, used as a suffix
1. stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack
2. setting (of a gem), mounting
See 台木・1
3. stock (in grafting)
Counter
4. counter for machines and vehicles
Suffix, after a rounded value
5. level (e.g. price level), mark, range, decade (of one's life)
２台のオートバイを比較するべきだ。
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宿題, しゅくだい
1. homework, assignment
2. pending issue, unresolved problem, open question
今日は宿題が無い。
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代, だい
Noun, used as a suffix
1. charge, cost, price
2. generation, age, (school) year, cohort, reign
Geology term
3. era
after someone's name or title
4. a representative of, on behalf of, for (someone)
See 代表電話番号, used after a phone number
5. switchboard number
うちの会社は、いればいるだけ残業代がもらえるからね。
話題, わだい
1. topic, subject
May take 'no'
2. much talked about, topical, in the news, hot
その話題は話し合う価値がある。
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兄弟, きょうだい, けいてい
See ご兄弟
1. siblings, brothers and sisters
2. siblings-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law
Familiar language, Male term
3. mate, friend
あなたは何人兄弟がいますか。
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次第, しだい
Suffix, after a noun
1. depending on
after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb
2. as soon as, immediately after, upon
after the -masu stem of a verb
3. as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"), whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand")
4. order, program, programme, precedence
5. circumstances, course of events, state of things
こういう次第だ。
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近代, きんだい
1. present day, modern times, recent times
See 明治維新, historical term
2. early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
トムには近代絵画の鑑賞能力がある。
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ダウン
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive, Antonym: アップ・1
1. fall, decrease, drop, going down
boxing
2. knocking down, flooring, being knocked down, being floored
3. being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.), being down (e.g. with a cold), being knocked out (from alcohol), being out of it, collapsing
Computer terminology
4. going down (of a computer system, server, etc.), crashing
Baseball term
5. (number of) outs
彼女は風邪でダウンした。
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古代, こだい
May take 'no'
ancient times, distant past, antiquity
古代インカの時代に、アメリカ大陸でもっとも大きい都市であった。
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