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一本いっぽんippon

popular  noun  noun (generic)  martial arts  noun (suffix) 

  • one long cylindrical thing, one film, TV show, etc., one goal, home run, etc., one telephone call
  • one version
  • one book, a certain book
  • ippon, one point, a blow
  • geisha
  • single-minded focus on ...
聞かすきかすkikasu

popular  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

  • to let (someone) hear, to tell (e.g. a story), to inform (of)
  • to make (someone) listen, to make (someone) understand, to drum into (someone)
  • to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc., to hold (someone) enchanted by
日系にっけいnikkei

popular  noun (prefix)  noun (generic)  abbreviation  noun 

  • (of) Japanese descent
  • non-Japanese of Japanese descent, nikkeijin
  • company, etc. set up with Japanese capital, company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
ごうgou

popular  noun  noun (generic)  astronomy  philosophy  counter 

  • gō, traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml
  • gō, traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters
  • one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain
  • conjunction
  • sum, total
  • synthesis (in dialectics)
  • minor premise (in hetuvidya)
  • counter for covered containers
  • counter for matches, battles, etc.
件数けんすうkensuu

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

  • number of cases, incidents, items, messages, accounts, etc.
白紙はくしhakushi

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • white paper, flyleaf
  • blank paper
  • clean slate, lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.
  • scratch, beginning
名門めいもんmeimon

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • noted family, noble family
  • prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
たくtaku

popular  noun  noun (generic)  counter  Buddhism  abbreviation 

  • table, desk
  • counter for tables, desks, etc.
  • offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony)
  • tabletop incense burner
名乗りなのりnanori

popular  rarely used kanji form  search-only kanji form  noun  noun (generic)  historical term 

  • giving one's name, self-introduction
  • announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield)
  • name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age
  • Japanese kanji reading used in names
新聞紙しんぶんしshinbunshi

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

  • newsprint, newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.
  • newspaper

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