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, かね, かな
See お金
1. money
2. metal
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。
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, , こがね, きがね, くがね
1. gold
2. gold coin
3. gold colour (color)
絵の中の少女は黄金ではなくて花のかんむりをかぶっています。
, きん
1. gold (metal)
See 金色
2. gold (color)
3. gold (medal), first place (prize)
May take 'no'
4. something of great value, something golden (e.g. silence)
5. money, gold coin
金の切れ目が縁の切れ目。
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をもって, を以て, を以って
Expression, See もって・1, Usually in kana
1. with, by, by means of
See もって・2
2. because of, on account of, for, due to
See もって・3
3. on (a day, date), at (a time), as of (e.g. today)
己をもって他人を律するな。
ます, 鱒, マス
Usually in kana
trout, sea trout
彼らは川でマスを釣った。
増す, 益す, ます
Godan verb, Intransitive, Transitive
to increase, to grow
その知らせで彼の不安が増した。
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, 枡, 桝, 斗, ます, マス
1. measuring container, measuring box, measure
2. box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
esp. マス
3. square on a grid, cell of a grid
Only 斗
4. square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
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, ます
Auxiliary verb, Polite, attaches to the -masu stem of a verb
1. expresses politeness towards the listener (or reader)
Archaism, Humble
2. expresses respect towards those affected by the action
在す, 坐す, います, ます
Yodan verb, Intransitive, Honorific or respectful, Archaism
1. to be
2. to go, to come
Particle, at sentence end
1. indicates a question
after each alternative
2. or, whether or not
See 何か・1, after an interrogative
3. some- (e.g. something, someone)
indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles
4. hmm, huh
Prefix, See か弱い, emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective
5. very
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, 箇, 個, 个, カ
Counter, Usually in kana, precedes the thing being counted; e.g. 3か月, 5か所; also written as ヶ or ケ
counter used with Sino-Japanese words