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List: formal or literary term

Showing 21 - 30 of 408 words for the list formal or literary term. #form
急逝きゅうせいkyuusei

popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

  • sudden death, unexpected death
剛毅ごうきgouki

popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  な adjective  adjective (generic) 

  • fortitude, firmness of character, sturdiness, inner strength, hardihood
兄姉けいしkeishi

popular  gikun or jukujikun  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic) 

  • older brother and older sister
辞林じりんjirin

popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic) 

  • dictionary
不肖ふしょうfushou

popular  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  な adjective  noun  noun (generic)  humble language  pronoun  formal or literary term  archaic 

  • unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.)
  • I, me
  • incompetent, unskilled, inexperienced, foolish
  • unfortunate, unlucky
既往きおうkiou

popular  formal or literary term  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • the past
敷くしくshiku

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N2  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  formal or literary term  intransitive verb 

  • to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
  • to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
  • to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
  • to pin down, to hold down
  • to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
  • to deploy (e.g. troops)
  • to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated
抱くいだくidaku

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  formal or literary term  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb 

  • to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby), to embrace, to hug
  • to have (a thought or feeling), to hold, to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.), to harbor, to bear (a grudge, ill will, etc.), to entertain (hope, illusions, etc.), to cherish (e.g. an ambition)
否いなina

popular  formal or literary term  interjection  noun  noun (generic) 

  • no, nay
  • disagreement, objection, disapproval
こそkoso

popular  particle  formal or literary term 

  • it is ... that ..., precisely, in particular, definitely, for sure, only (when, after, because, etc.)
  • although, while, it is the case that ... but
  • it is precisely because ... that ..., only because ...
  • not at all, not in the slightest, absolutely not, never

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