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| This kanji has 12 strokes: 6 strokes in the "grass" radical 艸 (くさ) and 6 other strokes | ||
| Sample Compounds (200): | ||
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1.
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話し言葉 はなしことば |
spoken language, colloquial expression |
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2.
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枯葉 かれは |
dead leaf, dry leaves |
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3.
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落ち葉 おちば |
fallen leaves, leaf litter, defoliation, shedding leaves |
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4.
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葉書 はがき |
postcard |
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5.
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枝葉 しよう |
leaves and branches, side issues, foliage |
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6.
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木ノ葉 このは |
foliage, leaves of trees |
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7.
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青葉 あおば |
fresh leaves |
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8.
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根掘り葉掘り ねほりはほり |
thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through |
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9.
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若葉 わかば |
new leaves, fresh verdure |
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10.
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絵葉書 えはがき |
picture postcard |
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11.
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言葉遣い ことばづかい |
speech, expression, wording |
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12.
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葉 は |
leaf |
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13.
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葉っぱ はっぱ |
leaf |
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14.
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広葉樹 こうようじゅ |
broadleaf tree |
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15.
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紅葉 こうよう |
autumn colours, fall colors, leaves changing color (colour), (Japanese) maple |
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16.
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書き言葉 かきことば |
the written word, the written language |
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17.
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紅葉 もみじ |
(Japanese) maple |
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18.
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松葉 まつば |
pine needle |
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19.
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双葉 ふたば |
bud, sprout |
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20.
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葉巻 はまき |
cigar |
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21.
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言葉 ことば |
word(s), language, speech |
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22.
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合言葉 あいことば |
password, watchword |
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23.
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木の葉 このは |
foliage, leaves of trees |
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24.
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枯れ葉 かれは |
dead leaf, dry leaves |
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25.
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木の葉虫 このはむし |
leaf insect (Phasmida) |
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26.
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顔に紅葉を散らす かおにもみじをちらす |
(for a woman) to blush |
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27.
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根から葉から ねからはから |
(followed by a verb in negative form) absolutely (not), (not) at all |
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28.
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多羅葉 たらよう |
lusterleaf holly (Ilex latifolia), pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon) |
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29.
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返信葉書 へんしんはがき |
return postcard |
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30.
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黄葉 もみじ |
(Japanese) maple |
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31.
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葉腋 ようえき |
leaf axil |
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32.
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針を含んだ言葉 はりをふくんだことば |
stinging (scathing) words |
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33.
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二葉 によう |
two flat things |
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34.
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あそばせ言葉 あそばせことば |
polite language used by women |
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35.
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葉酸 ようさん |
folic acid |
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36.
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言葉に表せない ことばにあらわせない |
ineffable, inexpressible |
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37.
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枝葉 えだは |
leaves and branches, side issues, foliage |
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38.
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木の葉鳥 このはどり |
leafbird, fairy bluebird |
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39.
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忌み言葉 いみことば |
taboo word, euphemism (used in place of a taboo word) |
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40.
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話言葉 はなしことば |
spoken language, colloquial expression |
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41.
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根っから葉っから ねっからはっから |
(followed by a verb in negative form) absolutely (not), (not) at all |
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42.
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対生葉 たいせいよう |
opposite leaves |
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43.
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返信料葉書 へんしんりょうはがき |
return, postage-paid postcard |
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44.
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下町言葉 したまちことば |
working-class accent or dialect |
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45.
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枯葉剤 かれはざい |
defoliant |
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46.
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針葉樹 しんようじゅ |
conifer, needle-leaved tree |
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47.
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二葉 ふたば |
bud, sprout |
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48.
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お言葉 おことば |
availing myself of your kind offer, taking you at your word, God''s word, word of God |
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49.
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言葉のあや ことばのあや |
figure of speech |
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50.
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木の葉木菟 このはずく |
Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) |
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51.
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忌言葉 いみことば |
taboo word, euphemism (used in place of a taboo word) |
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52.
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囃子言葉 はやしことば |
meaningless words in a song for rhythm, words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song |
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53.
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根ほり葉ほり ねほりはほり |
thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through |
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54.
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大木葉木菟 おおこのはずく |
collared scops owl (Otus bakkamoena) |
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55.
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包葉 ほうよう |
bract (leaf) |
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56.
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下葉 かよう |
lower leaves |
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57.
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落ち葉色 おちばいろ |
russet |
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58.
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五葉 ごよう |
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai), goyoumatsu |
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59.
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針葉樹林 しんようじゅりん |
conifer forest, coniferous forest, needle-leaved forest |
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60.
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年賀葉書 ねんがはがき |
New Year''s postcard |
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61.
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こぶみかんの葉 こぶみかんのは |
Kaffir lime (leaves used in Thai, etc. cuisine) (Citrus hystrix DC., Rutaceae) |
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62.
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葉書の表 はがきのおもて |
front of a post card |
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63.
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言葉の綾 ことばのあや |
figure of speech |
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64.
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枝葉末節 しようまっせつ |
unimportant details (lit: branches and leaves), inessentials |
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65.
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木ノ葉 きのは |
foliage, leaves of trees |
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66.
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棄言葉 すてことば |
sharp parting remark |
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67.
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嫩葉 どんよう |
new leaves, fresh verdure |
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68.
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根も葉もない ねもはもない |
unfounded rumor, unfounded rumour, completely untrue |
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69.
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大葉 おおば |
beefsteak plant, perilla |
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70.
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宝冠杏葉章 ほうかんきょうようしょう |
Order of the Precious Crown, Apricot |
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71.
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下葉 したば |
lower leaves |
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72.
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落葉 おちば |
fallen leaves, leaf litter, defoliation, shedding leaves |
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73.
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五葉の松 いつはのまつ |
Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora) |
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74.
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正しい言葉を遣う ただしいことばをつかう |
to use the correct word |
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75.
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脳下垂体後葉ホルモン のうかすいたいこうようホルモン |
neurohypophyseal hormone |
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76.
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ほめ言葉 ほめことば |
words of praise, eulogy, compliment |
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77.
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葉書大 はがきだい |
postcard size |
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78.
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言葉の壁 ことばのかべ |
language barrier |
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79.
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私製葉書 しせいはがき |
unofficial postcard |
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80.
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逆さ言葉 さかさことば |
word said backwards, word of opposite meaning |
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81.
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嫩葉 わかば |
new leaves, fresh verdure |
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82.
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根も葉も無い噂 ねもはもないうわさ |
groundless rumor, groundless rumour |
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83.
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大葉溝酸漿 おおばみぞほおずき |
plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p) |
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84.
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褒め言葉 ほめことば |
words of praise, eulogy, compliment |
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85.
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花言葉 はなことば |
language of flowers |
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86.
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落葉 らくよう |
fallen leaves, leaf litter, defoliation, shedding leaves |
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87.
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五葉松 ごようまつ |
Japanese white pine (favored for gardens and bonsai) |
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88.
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脳下垂体前葉ホルモン のうかすいたいぜんようホルモン |
adenohypophyseal hormone |
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89.
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アセンブリー言葉 アセンブリーことば |
assembly language |
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90.
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葉序 ようじょ |
phyllotaxis |
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91.
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言葉をかける ことばをかける |
to speak to, to give a (something) talk to, to speak words of (something) |
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92.
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飼い葉 かいば |
fodder |
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93.
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訳の分からない言葉 わけのわからないことば |
meaningless words, words that make no sense |
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94.
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朽ち葉 くちば |
decayed leaves |
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95.
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杪葉 うれは |
end leaves, top leaves, last leaves |
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96.
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根喰葉虫 ねくいはむし |
leaf beetle (of subfamily Donaciinae) |
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97.
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大和言葉 やまとことば |
ancient or primordial Japanese language |
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98.
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褒言葉 ほめことば |
words of praise, eulogy, compliment |
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99.
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花葉 かよう |
floral leaf |
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100.
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落葉喬木 らくようきょうぼく |
deciduous tall tree |
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101.
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後頭葉 こうとうよう |
occipital lobe |
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102.
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青葉木菟 あおばずく |
brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata) |
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103.
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肺葉 はいよう |
pulmonary lobe, lobe of the lung |
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104.
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アメリカ大木葉木菟 アメリカおおこのはずく |
screech owl (Otus asio) |
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105.
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葉身 ようしん |
leaf blade |
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106.
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言葉を掛ける ことばをかける |
to speak to, to give a (something) talk to, to speak words of (something) |
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107.
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飼い葉桶 かいばおけ |
manger, crib |
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108.
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柳葉魚 ししゃも |
(ain: susuhamu) shishamo smelt (Spirinchus lanceolatus) |
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109.
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朽ち葉色 くちばいろ |
yellow-brown |
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110.
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檜葉 ひば |
hinoki, Japanese cypress, white-cedar leaf, alias for Asunaro |
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111.
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単子葉 たんしよう |
monocotyledon (botany) |
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112.
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朴葉味噌 ほおばみそ |
magnolia leaves grilled with miso and negi |
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113.
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荷葉 かよう |
lotus leaf |
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114.
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落葉高木 らくようこうぼく |
deciduous tall tree |
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115.
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後葉 こうよう |
posterity, future generations, descendant, posterior pituitary, neurohypophysis |
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116.
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青葉梟 あおばずく |
brown hawk owl (Ninox scutulata) |
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117.
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買い言葉 かいことば |
tit for tat |
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118.
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エコー葉書 エコーはがき |
postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards |
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119.
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葉切蟻 はきりあり |
leafcutter ant |
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120.
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言葉を継ぐ ことばをつぐ |
to continue (to say) |
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121.
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飼葉桶 かいばおけ |
manger, crib |
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122.
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遊ばせ言葉 あそばせことば |
polite language used by women |
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123.
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朽葉 くちば |
decayed leaves |
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124.
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胚葉 はいよう |
germ (germinal, embryonic) layers |
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125.
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根堀り葉堀り ねほりはほり |
thoroughly, persistently, through-and-through |
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126.
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単子葉植物 たんしようしょくぶつ |
a monocotyledon |
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127.
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本葉 ほんば |
the first leaves to appear after the cotyledon |
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128.
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蝦蛄葉サボテン しゃこばサボテン |
Christmas cactus, crab cactus |
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129.
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落葉樹 らくようじゅ |
deciduous tree |
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130.
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後葉ホルモン こうようホルモン |
neurohypophyseal hormone |
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131.
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石が流れて木の葉が沈む いしがながれてこのはがしずむ |
there are exceptions to every rule (lit: rocks will flow and leaves will sink) |
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132.
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売り言葉 うりことば |
inflammatory words |
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133.
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コヘレトの言葉 コヘレトのことば |
Ecclesiastes (trans: words of Qohelet) (book of the Bible) |
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134.
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葉節点 はせってん |
leafnodes |
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135.
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言葉を交える ことばをまじえる |
to exchange words |
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136.
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郵便葉書 ゆうびんはがき |
postcard |
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137.
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京言葉 きょうことば |
Kyoto pronunciation, Kyoto dialect |
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138.
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苞葉 ほうよう |
bract (leaf) |
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139.
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細葉人参 ほそばにんじん |
Artemisia annua |
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140.
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単葉 たんよう |
simple leaf, monoplane |
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141.
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本葉 ほんよう |
true leaf |
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142.
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落葉松 からまつ |
larch |
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143.
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御言葉 おことば |
availing myself of your kind offer, taking you at your word, God''s word, word of God |
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144.
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千葉 ちば |
Chiba (city) |
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145.
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薄葉 うすよう |
Japanese tissue |
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146.
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コロラド葉虫 コロラドはむし |
Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) |
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147.
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葉茶 はちゃ |
leaf tea |
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148.
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言葉を濁す ことばをにごす |
to not commit oneself |
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149.
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若葉マーク わかばマーク |
sticker for new car drivers |
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150.
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誉め言葉 ほめことば |
words of praise, eulogy, compliment |
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151.
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京葉 けいよう |
Tokyo and Chiba |
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152.
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萬葉集 まんようしゅう |
Manyoushuu (famous 8thC poetry), Japan''s oldest anthology of poems |
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153.
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菜っ葉 なっぱ |
greens, vegetable leaves, leaf vegetable |
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154.
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単葉機 たんようき |
monoplane |
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155.
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本葉 もとは |
true leaf |
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156.
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貝多羅葉 ばいたらば |
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon) |
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157.
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落葉松 らくようしょう |
larch |
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158.
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御国言葉 みくにことば |
Japanese (language) |
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159.
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千葉県 ちばけん |
Chiba prefecture (Kantou area) |
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160.
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飛花落葉 ひからくよう |
Blossoms fall and leaves scatter, the evanescence (impermanence) of worldly things |
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161.
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コンパイラー言葉 コンパイラーことば |
compiler language |
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162.
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葉茶 はぢゃ |
leaf tea |
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163.
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秋葉系 あきばけい |
Akihabara style, nerdy |
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164.
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桐一葉 きりひとは |
falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall) |
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165.
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闊葉樹 かつようじゅ |
broad-leaved tree |
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166.
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菜っ葉服 なっぱふく |
(light blue) overalls, workman''s overalls |
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167.
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単葉飛行機 たんようひこうき |
monoplane |
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168.
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末葉 うらば |
end leaves, top leaves, last leaves |
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169.
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貝多羅葉 ばいたらよう |
pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon) |
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170.
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落葉低木 うりのき |
alangium platanifolium var. trilobum |
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171.
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口言葉 くちことば |
words in common use |
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172.
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栴檀は双葉より芳しい せんだんはふたばよりかんばしい |
expression meaning that genius shows from childhood (lit: the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout) |
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173.
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桧葉 ひば |
cypress leaf |
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174.
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以呂波紅葉 いろはもみじ |
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) |
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175.
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葉虫 はむし |
leaf beetle (of family Chrysomelidae) |
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176.
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言葉使い ことばづかい |
speech, expression, wording |
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177.
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重ね言葉 かさねことば |
redundancy, succession of words of similar meaning |
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178.
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金枝玉葉 きんしぎょくよう |
member of the Imperial family, royalty, beautiful clouds |
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179.
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菜葉 なっぱ |
greens, vegetable leaves, leaf vegetable |
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180.
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茶葉 ちゃば |
tea leaf, tea leaves |
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181.
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末葉 うれは |
end leaves, top leaves, last leaves |
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182.
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外胚葉 がいはいよう |
ectoderm |
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183.
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里言葉 さとことば |
dialect, (historical) language used toward customers by women in the drinking-world establishment |
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184.
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前頭葉 ぜんとうよう |
frontal lobe |
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185.
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百葉箱 ひゃくようばこ |
Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges) |
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186.
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一葉 いちよう |
(a) leaf, (a) page, (a) copy (of a photo), (a) boat |
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187.
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葉風 はかぜ |
breeze rustling through leaves |
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188.
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言葉質 ことばじち |
a promise or pledge |
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189.
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初葉 しょよう |
beginning of an epoch, initial period |
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190.
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葉陰 はかげ |
under the (shadow) of the leaves (of a tree) |
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191.
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茎葉 けいよう |
stems and leaves |
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192.
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菜葉服 なっぱふく |
(light blue) overalls, workman''s overalls |
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193.
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中台八葉院 ちゅうだいはちよういん |
center of the Garbhadhatu mandala (containing Mahavairocana and eight Buddhas) |
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194.
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末葉 すえば |
end leaves, top leaves, last leaves, the last descendant, the last days of any age, end, close |
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195.
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郭言葉 くるわことば |
language used in red-light districts during the Edo period |
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196.
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流行り言葉 はやりことば |
buzzword, popular expression, vogue word or phrase |
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197.
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前葉 ぜんよう |
preceding page, anterior pituitary |
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198.
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病葉 わくらば |
blighted leaves, diseased leaves |
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199.
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一葉楓 ひとつばかえで |
lime-leaved maple, acer distylum |
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200.
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葉物 はもの |
foliage plants |