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だい

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げん
だい

gendai

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JLPT N3
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の-adj.
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
の-adj.
Adv. noun
Adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
Adv. noun
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Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Noun (common)
  1. nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day

    EXAMPLE
    離婚(りこん)現代(げんだい)では、ますますありふれたものになりつつある。
    Divorce is becoming more common nowadays.

Full entry for 現代

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かい

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しゃ
かい

gendaishakai

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  1. modern society

Full entry for 現代社会

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period; epoch; era; age — 時代
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だい

jidai

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  1. period; epoch; era; age

    EXAMPLE
    現代(げんだい)原子力(げんしりょく)時代(じだい)だ。
    We live in the atomic age.
  2. the times; those days

    EXAMPLE
    (かれ)方法(ほうほう)時代遅(じだいおく)れだ。
    He's behind the times in his methods.

Full entry for 時代

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oyobi

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  1. and; as well as

Full entry for 及び

なが

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nagare

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  1. flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; current

  2. flow (of people, things); passage (of time); tide; passing; (changing) trends; tendency

  3. course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; process

  4. group of people who remain together after the end of an event

  5. descent; ancestry; school

  6. forfeiture; foreclosure

  7. cancellation

Full entry for 流れ

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kin'yuu

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  1. finance; financing; credit transacting; loaning of money; circulation of money

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    Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Noun (common)
  2. monetary; financial; credit

    の-adj.
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    の-adj.

Full entry for 金融

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mochi

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  1. having; holding; possessing; owning; using; holder; owner; user

    Noun, as suffix
    Noun, used as a suffix
    Noun, as suffix
  2. wear; durability; life

    Noun, as suffix
    Noun, used as a suffix
    Noun, as suffix
  3. charge; expense

    Noun, as suffix
    Noun, used as a suffix
    Noun, as suffix
  4. draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie

    Literary/formal
    Literary or formal term
    Literary/formal

Full entry for 持ち

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altitude; height; elevation — 高度
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こう

koudo

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  1. altitude; height; elevation

    Noun (common)
    Noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Noun (common)
    EXAMPLE
    飛行機(ひこうき)は3、000メートルの高度(こうど)()んだ。
    The plane flew at an altitude of 3,000 meters.
  2. high-degree; high-grade; advanced; sophisticated; strong

    な-adj.
    Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
    な-adj.
    の-adj.
    Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
    の-adj.

Full entry for 高度

じゅつ

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jutsu

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  1. art; technique

  2. means; way

  3. trick; trap; plot; stratagem

  4. magic

Full entry for 術

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system; organization; organisation; architecture — 体系
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たい
けい

taikei

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  1. system; organization; organisation; architecture

Full entry for 体系

じゅつ

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art; fine arts — 美術
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じゅつ

bijutsu

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の-adj.
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の-adj.
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  1. art; fine arts

    EXAMPLE
    現代(げんだい)美術(びじゅつ)興味(きょうみ)はある?
    Are you interested in modern art?

Full entry for 美術

ニュー

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ニュー

nyuu

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  1. new

Full entry for ニュー

やく
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yakubutsu

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  1. medicines; drugs

Full entry for 薬物

ちょう
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carving; engraving; sculpture — 彫刻
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ちょう
こく

choukoku

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Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
Noun/participle taking aux. verb する
  1. carving; engraving; sculpture

Full entry for 彫刻

げん

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genshi

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  1. atom

Full entry for 原子

ロゴ

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rogo

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  1. logo

  2. Logo (programming language)

Full entry for ロゴ

モラル

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moraru

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  1. morals; morality; ethics

Full entry for モラル

バッハ

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bahha

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Full name of person
Full name of a particular person
Full name of person
  1. Bach

Full entry for バッハ

ポピュラー

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ポピュラー

popyuraa

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な-adj.
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な-adj.
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  1. popular

Full entry for ポピュラー

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chishikijin

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  1. intellectual

Full entry for 知識人

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ninja

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  1. ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

Full entry for 忍者

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hiyu

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  1. simile; metaphor; allegory; parable

Full entry for 比喩

ショパン

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shopan

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  1. Chopin

Full entry for ショパン

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じゅつ

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じゅつ

renkinjutsu

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  1. alchemy

  2. way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner

Full entry for 錬金術

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れい

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example; an instance — 一例
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いち
れい

ichirei

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  1. example; an instance

Full entry for 一例

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jinruigaku

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Genki Ch. 1
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Noun (common)
  1. anthropology

Full entry for 人類学

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gishin

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  1. doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension

Full entry for 疑心

ほん
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てき

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しつ
てき

honshitsuteki

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な-adj.
  1. essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

Full entry for 本質的

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kojinsa

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  1. individual differences; personal equation

Full entry for 個人差

ロックスター

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ロックスター

rokkusutaa

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  1. rock star

Full entry for ロックスター

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