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自分, じぶん
Pronoun
1. myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself
2. I, me
Dialect: Kansai-ben
3. you
矛盾する報告を受けて、その役員は自分の立場を考え直した。
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, たち
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, だいとう
1. long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai), large sword
Only 大刀, Only たち, historical term
2. straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
Only だいとう
3. guandao, Chinese glaive
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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, 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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持つ, もつ
Conjugated: 持っている
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to hold (in one's hand), to take, to carry
2. to possess, to have, to own
3. to maintain, to keep
4. to last, to be durable, to survive
5. to take charge of, to be in charge of
コートを持ちましょうか。
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, ちから
1. force, strength, might, vigour, vigor, energy
2. capability, ability, proficiency, capacity, faculty
3. efficacy, effect
4. effort, endeavours, endeavors, exertions
5. power, authority, influence, good offices, agency
あなたは私の2倍の力がある。
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, りき
1. strength, power, proficiency, ability
Noun, used as a suffix, after a number of people, e.g. 十人力
2. the strength of ... people, the strength of ... men
あなたは私の2倍の力がある。
, りょく
Suffix
strength, power, proficiency, ability
あなたは私の2倍の力がある。
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Particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
3. indicates an area traversed
4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
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試合, 仕合, しあい
Takes suru
match, game, bout, contest
その試合は何時に始まりますか。
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, 出
Noun, used as a suffix
1. coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon)
2. attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on
3. start, beginning
4. origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage)
5. architectural member that projects outward
彼は貴族の出である。
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, にて
Particle, indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form
1. at, in, when
indicates means of action
2. by, with
Conjunction
3. and then, so
Only で, See よ・1, at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc., Dialect: Kansai-ben
4. let me tell you, don't you know
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, い
Conjunction, Auxiliary, See ないで・1, Archaism, after a -nai stem
without doing ...
だし, 出し, 出汁, ダシ
Usually in kana
1. dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
Only 出し, Only ダシ, See 出しにする
2. pretext, excuse, pretense (pretence), dupe, front man
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出す, だす
Conjugated: 出し
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to take out, to get out
2. to put out, to reveal, to show
3. to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in
See あぶり出す・あぶりだす
4. to publish, to make public
See 手紙を出す
5. to send (e.g. letter)
いつから痛みだしましたか。
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