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仮名 かな N2

  1. Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana); kana

かな かな

  1. I wonder
  2. is it?; should I?
  3. I hope that; I wish that

哉 かな

  1. alas!; how!; what!

家内 かない N4

  1. (my) wife
  2. inside the home; one's family

悲しい かなしい N4

  1. miserable; sad; sorrowful; unhappy
  2. deplorable; grievous; lamentable; sad

必ず かならず N4

  1. always; certainly; invariably; necessarily; positively; without exception; without fail

悲しむ かなしむ N3

  1. to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

必ずしも かならずしも N3

  1. (not) all; (not) always; (not) entirely; (not) necessarily

可也 かなり N3

  1. considerably; fairly; pretty; quite; rather

仮名遣い かなづかい N2

  1. kana orthography; syllabary spelling
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