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Common
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    matter;affair;case;item;subject
    I agree with you on this issue.
  2. 2
    counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.
    With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
  3. 3
    counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
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Common
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary);in addition to;at the same time;cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
    The editor and publisher of this magazine was criticized by some readers.
  2. 2
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Common N3
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    ticket;coupon;bond;certificate
    This ticket is good for two weeks.
  2. 2
    English · KANJIDIC2
    ticket
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Common N1
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    right (to do something)
    Both sons pretended to the throne.
  2. 2
    authority;power
  3. 3
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Common N3
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    prefecture (of Japan);county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.);department (of France);province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
    Tulips are our prefecture's official flower.
  2. 2
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
Other forms
縣 【けん】 (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage)
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Common
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    sword (esp. a large, double-edged one);blade
    All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
  2. 2
    bayonet
  3. 3
    swordsmanship
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Other forms
劒 【けん】 (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage) · 劍 【けん】 (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage)
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    economizing;thriftiness;prudence;frugality
  2. 2
    English · KANJIDIC2
    frugal;economy;thrifty
  3. 3
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    tendon
  2. 2
    English · KANJIDIC2
    tendon
  3. 3
    English · Wikipedia
    A tendon or sinew is a tough band of fibrous connective tissue that usually connects muscle to bone and is capable of withstanding tension. More
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
  2. 2
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    rare term strength;solidity;firmness
  2. 2
    rare term armour;armor
  3. 3
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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N3
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    counter for buildings (esp. houses)
    The fire burned down ten houses.
  2. 2
    suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m)
    Kotaro found a large swallowtail butterfly and chased him about 20 meters inside the grass field.
  2. 2
    counter used to number the gaps between pillars
  3. 3
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    key (on a piano, organ, etc.)
  2. 2
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
  2. 2
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    view (of life, etc.);outlook
  2. 2
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Inflections of 賢

Plain
Polite
Form
Affirmative
Negative
Affirmative
Negative
Basics
Dictionary form — present & future
賢だ
けんだ
ではない
けんではない
です
けんです
ではありません
けんではありません
Completed — 'did, was'
賢だった
けんだった
ではなかった
けんではなかった
でした
けんでした
ではありませんでした
けんではありませんでした
Connector — 'and…', requests
けん
ではなくて
けんではなくて
でありまして
けんでありまして
Volition & command
'Let's' / intention
賢だろう
けんだろう
でしょう
けんでしょう
Blunt command — 'do it!'
であれ
けんであれ
Conditionals
'If' condition (~eba)
なら
けんなら
'When / if' (~tara)
賢だったら
けんだったら
ではなかったら
けんではなかったら
でしたら
けんでしたら
ではありませんでしたら
けんではありませんでしたら
List actions among others (~tari)
賢だったり
けんだったり

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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    archaic intelligence;genius;scholarship;virtue
  2. 2
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Inflections of 顕

Plain
Polite
Form
Affirmative
Negative
Affirmative
Negative
Basics
Dictionary form — present & future
顕だ
けんだ
ではない
けんではない
です
けんです
ではありません
けんではありません
Completed — 'did, was'
顕だった
けんだった
ではなかった
けんではなかった
でした
けんでした
ではありませんでした
けんではありませんでした
Connector — 'and…', requests
けん
ではなくて
けんではなくて
でありまして
けんでありまして
Volition & command
'Let's' / intention
顕だろう
けんだろう
でしょう
けんでしょう
Blunt command — 'do it!'
であれ
けんであれ
Conditionals
'If' condition (~eba)
なら
けんなら
'When / if' (~tara)
顕だったら
けんだったら
ではなかったら
けんではなかったら
でしたら
けんでしたら
ではありませんでしたら
けんではありませんでしたら
List actions among others (~tari)
顕だったり
けんだったり

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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    archaic exposure;clarity
  2. 2
    abbreviation, Buddhism exoteric Buddhism;public Buddhist teachings
  3. 3
    English · JMnedict
    Ken
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Hiragana

ひらがな

The rounded, flowing kana. Hiragana writes native Japanese words, grammar endings, and anything without (or alongside) kanji — it's the first script you learn. Each character stands for one syllable.

Example

ねこ — cat