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学生, がくせい
student (esp. a university student)
学生の半数が休んでいた。
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学生, がくしょう, がくそう
Archaism
1. Heian-period student of government administration
2. Buddhist scholar, researcher at a Buddhist temple, person studying Buddhism
3. learning, scholarship
学生の半数が休んでいた。
たち, 質
Usually in kana
1. nature (of a person), disposition, temperament
2. nature (of something), character, kind, sort
お茶の質は下がりつつある。
たち, 達
Suffix, Usually in kana
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
10人の囚人たちが脱獄した。
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立ち, たち
1. departure, setting off, start
2. being used up, being consumed, being burnt out
3. passage of time, lapse
See 立ち稽古・たちげいこ, Abbreviation
4. rehearsal
See 立ち役・たちやく
5. leading male role in kabuki
秋風が立ち初める。
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太刀, 大刀, 横刀, たち
1. long sword (as opposed to the shorter katana)
Only 太刀, historical term
2. tachi, sabre-like sword worn on the hip with the blade facing down
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裁ち, たち
cutting, cut
他地, たち
Rare
another place
多智, 多知, たち
Archaism
great wisdom
, 屋形, やかた, たち, たて
1. mansion, palace, manor house, castle
Honorific or respectful, Archaism
2. nobleman, noblewoman, dignitary
Only やかた
3. cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
タッソーろう人形館へ行く道を教えて頂けませんか。
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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