 | Term | Definition |
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moroi (脆い) |
fragile, brittle, tender-hearted |
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morokumo (脆くも) |
easily |
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moromoro no (諸々の) |
all (kinds of), various |
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morote o agete sansei suru (双手をあげて賛成する) |
to support whole-heartedly |
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morotomo (諸共) |
together, one and all |
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moru (盛る) |
to pile up, to heap up; [食物を] to dish up, to fill, to serve; [薬を] to administer; [刻み目を] to graduate |
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moru (漏る) |
to leak, to escape |
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mizu no moranai (水の漏らない) |
watertight |
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mōru (モール) |
lace; a (shopping) mall; [Rugby] a maul |
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kinmōru (金モール) |
gold lace |
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morumotto (モルモット) |
a guinea pig |
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mosa (猛者) |
a veteran |
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mosaku suru (模索する) |
to grope (about) |
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mosatto shita (もさっとした) |
dull, insipid |
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mosha (模写) |
a copy, a reproduction, a facsimile |
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mosha suru (模写する) |
to copy, to reproduce |
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moshi (若し) |
if, provided that, supposing that |
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moshi yokattara (若しよかったら) |
if you like |
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moshikuwa (若しくは) |
or |
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moshimoshi (もしもし) |
I say, Excuse me, Hello!, Hallo! |
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moshiya (若しや) |
if ~ (by any chance) |
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moshō (喪章) |
a mourning badge |
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moshu (喪主) |
the chief mourner |
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mōtā (モーター) |
a motor, an engine |
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mōtābaiku (モーターバイク) |
a motorbike |
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mōtābōto (モーターボート) |
a motorboat |
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motageru (擡げる) |
to raise, to lift |
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motamota suru (もたもたする) |
to be slow, to be tardy |
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motarasu (齎す) |
to bring, to bring about |
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motareru (凭れる) |
to lean on/against; [食物が] to lie/sit heavy on the stomach |
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motasekakeru (凭せ掛ける) |
to rest, to lean [sth. against] |
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motaseru (持たせる) |
to give; to get [a person] to take; to preserve, to keep; to make [a person] pay |
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moteamasu (持て余す) |
to cannot manage, to do not know what to do, to be too much, to be hard to manage |
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moteasobu (弄ぶ) |
to play with, to trifle with, to toy with |
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motehayasu (持て囃す) |
to talk much, to praise |
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motehayasareru (持て囃される) |
to be(come) popular with/among |
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motenashi (持て成し) |
treatment, service; entertainment |
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motenasu (持て成す) |
to entertain, to receive warmly, to be hospitable |
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mōteru (モーテル) |
a motel |
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moteru (もてる) |
to be welcomed, to be popular, to be a favourite with |
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no moto de kenkyū suru (の下で研究する) |
to study under a person |
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ichigeki no moto ni (一撃の下に) |
at a blow |
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moto (元/本) |
the origin, the cause; the foundation, the basis; capital, principal; the cost; (raw) material(s) |
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moto wa (元は) |
at first, originally, formerly |
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moto wa ~ de aru (元は～である) |
to come from, to originate in/from |
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moto o kakeru (元をかける) |
to put money into |
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motodaitōryō (元大統領) |
the ex-president |
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motochō (元帳) |
a ledger |
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motode (元手) |
capital, funds |
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motodōrini (元通りに) |
as (it was) before |
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motodōrini suru (元通りにする) |
to restore |
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motoi (基) |
the foundation, the basis |
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motojime (元締) |
a boss, a manager |
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motome (求め) |
a request, a demand |
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motome ni yori (求めにより) |
at a person's request [-> に応じて] |
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motome ni ōjite (求めに応じて) |
at a person's request [-> により] |
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motomeru (求める) |
to want; to ask, to request, to demand; to look for |
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motomoto (元々) |
to be none the worse (for it); from the first, originally; by nature, naturally |
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motone (元値) |
the cost |
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motone de (元値で) |
at cost |
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motoru (悖る) |
to go/be against, to act/be contrary to |
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motoyori (固より) |
from the first; of course |
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motozuku (基づく) |
to come from, to originate, to be due; to be based, to be founded; to conform to |
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hō ni motozuite (法に基づいて) |
according to the law |
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motsu (もつ) |
to last, to wear; [食べ物が] to keep; [病人が] to live (out) |
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nagaku motsu (長くもつ) |
to wear well, to last long, to keep long |
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motsu (持つ) |
to have, to hold; to have/carry with one; to have, to possess, to own; [心に] to have, to entertain, to cherish; to be in charge of; to pay |
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motsure (縺れ) |
a tangle; complication, difficulty |
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motsureru (縺れる) |
to be (en)tangled, [髪が] to be disheveled; [事柄が] to be(come) complicated |
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mottaiburu (勿体ぶる) |
to give oneself airs, to put on airs |
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mottaibutta (勿体ぶった) |
self-important, affected |
