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, いえ
1. house, residence, dwelling
2. family, household
3. lineage, family name
うちには十頭の牛がいる。
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うち,
Usually in kana
1. house
See 内・うち・7
2. one's house, one's home, one's family, one's household
うちには十頭の牛がいる。
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, , や
Suffix, See パン屋, usu. 屋
1. shop, store, restaurant
See 殺し屋, usu. 屋, can be derog.
2. someone who sells (something) or works as (something)
See 照れ屋
3. someone with a (certain) personality trait
usu. 家
4. house
5. roof
さあ、みんなで食べ放題の焼き肉屋さんに行こうよ。
んち, ん,
Expression, Suffix, Colloquialism, Usually in kana, from 〜のうち
's house, 's home
, け
Suffix, after a surname
house, family
うちには十頭の牛がいる。
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, か
Suffix, See 政治家, used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.
-ist, -er
うちには十頭の牛がいる。
うち, 内,
Adverb
1. inside, within
Usually in kana
2. while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of
as 〜のうち
3. among, amongst, (out) of, between
also 裡, 裏; as 〜のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition
4. in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)
5. within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
「うちで働いてみたいかね」とウッドさんが尋ねました。
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Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
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こと, 事, 縡, こん
Usually in kana
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
「U.F.Oとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
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, 箏, 筝, こと, そう
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Only こと, Archaism
2. stringed instrument
Only 箏, Only 筝
3. zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。
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古都, こと
ancient city, former capital
この古都に何か新しいものがあることは、だれでも知っている。
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, 殊, こと, け
Only こと, NA-adjective, Noun, used as a prefix, Archaism
1. difference (from one another), different thing, other
2. unusual, extraordinary
糊塗, こと
Takes suru, Transitive
patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
こと
Particle, particle always used at sentence-end
1. particle indicating a command
Female term or language, often as ことね
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm
3. particle indicating a gentle interrogative
at sentence end as ことよ
4. particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion
, げん, こと
word, remark, statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。
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, 若, ごと, こと, もころ
Adverb, See 如し
like, similar to, same as
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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すべて, 全て, 総て, 凡て, 惣て, 渾て, 総べて
May take 'no', Usually in kana
1. everything, all, the whole
Adverb
2. entirely, completely, wholly
人間は全て平等である。
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統べる, 総べる, すべる
Conjugated: すべて
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to rule over, to govern, to command, to control
2. to integrate, to consolidate, to unite, to incorporate
あり, 蟻, アリ
Usually in kana
ant
1匹のキリギリスと多くのアリが野原に住んでいた。
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known as ちょうおん
long vowel mark (usually only used in katakana)
おばさん, 伯母さん, 叔母さん
Honorific or respectful, Familiar language, Usually in kana, 伯母さん is older than one's parent and 叔母さん is younger
aunt
彼女は会社ではおばさんで通っている。
おばさん, 小母さん
Familiar language, Usually in kana, vocative
old lady, ma'am