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Common N1
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    system;organization;organisation;imperial command;laws;regulation;control;government;suppression;restraint;holding back;establishment
    The enterprises carried the five-day workweek.
  2. 2
    JMnedict
    Sei
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Common N3
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    (logical) true;regular
  2. 2
    JMdict
    10^40;ten duodecillion
  3. 3
    JMdict
    abbreviation original
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Common
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    spirit;sprite;nymph
  2. 2
    JMdict
    energy;vigor (vigour);strength
  3. 3
    JMdict
    fine details
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Common
Pitch accent
Heiban (平板型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    formal or literary term rule;government;administration
  2. 2
    JMnedict
    Matsurigoto
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Common N3
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · JMdict
  1. 1
    height;stature
    See also: 背 (せい)
Other forms
脊 【せい】 (rarely used kanji form)
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    strength;power;energy
  2. 2
    JMdict
    military strength;army;(number of) troops
  3. 3
    JMnedict
    Sei
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Inflections of 聖

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

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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    Saint;St.;S.
  2. 2
    JMdict
    sacred;holy;pure
  3. 3
    JMnedict
    Sei
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    flag (esp. originally a flagpole-topping streamer made of feathers)
  2. 2
    KANJIDIC2
    flag;praise
  3. 3
    JMnedict
    Sei
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning
  1. 1
    JMdict
    stillness
    Antonym: 動 (どう)
  2. 2
    JMdict
    quiet;peacefulness
  3. 3
    JMnedict
    Sei
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · JMnedict
  1. 1
    Sei
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · JMnedict
  1. 1
    Sei
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · JMnedict
  1. 1
    Sei
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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