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Common N3
Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    section (i.e. of text);sentence;passage;paragraph
    He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
  2. 2
    linguistics phrase
    You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
  3. 3
    verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
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Common N3
Pitch accent
しょ じょ Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    girl (usu. between 7 and 17);young lady
  2. 2
    archaic female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
Other forms
小女 【しょうじょ】 (rarely used kanji form)
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Common
Pitch accent
Heiban (平板型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    making provision for the elderly;making provision for one's old age
  2. 2
    spending one's old age in comfort
  3. 3
    Yōrō era (717.11.17-724.2.4)
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Common
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    17th day of the month
  2. 2
    17 days
Other forms
十七日 【じゅうしちにち】 · 一七日 【じゅうしちにち】
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Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    kanji "box" radical (radical 17)
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Pitch accent
Heiban (平板型)
Odaka (尾高型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    first 17-syllable verse of a renga
    See also: 挙句 (あげく)
  2. 2
    haiku
  3. 3
    first five-syllable line of a tanka
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    rare term mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck)
  2. 2
    Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)
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Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    Jōryaku era (1077.11.17-1081.2.10);Shōryaku era
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    historical term Kahō era (1094.12.15-1096.12.17)
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Pitch accent
ちょ Heiban (平板型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    Eichō era (1096.12.17-1097.11.21)
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きょ Heiban (平板型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    historical term Eikyō era (1429.9.5-1441.2.17)
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Pitch accent
Atamadaka (頭高型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    historical term Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)
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Pitch accent
じょ Heiban (平板型)
Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    Jōhō era (1074.8.23-1077.11.17);Shōho era;Shōhō era
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Meaning English · jmdict
  1. 1
    archaic, historical term men 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)
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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