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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
labor;labour;toil;trouble;pains;work;effort;striving
労なくして益なし。
No pain, no gain.
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
cera
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
word usually written using kana alone
wax
Other forms
蠟 【ろう】 (search-only kanji form)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun
tower;tall building;belvedere
suffix used in names
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun
turret;lookout;watchtower
3
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun
archaic
brothel
Other forms
樓 【ろう】 (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)nounnoun
old age;age;old people;the old;the aged;senior;elder
その老医師は自分の仕事に誇りを持っている。
The old doctor takes pride in his work.
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pronoun
archaic
humble (kenjougo) language
I;me;my humble self
used by the elderly
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
astronomy
Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
prison;jail;gaol
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'taru' adjective
obsolete term
firm;solid;strong
Other forms
籠 【ろう】 · 篭 【ろう】
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Buddhism
year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
becoming more experienced with age;social status based on this experience
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Buddhism
offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice
2
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
corridor;passage;hall
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
solder
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
abbreviation
six
used when counting by twos
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counter
person who has spent X years after graduating high school attempting to get admitted to (a specific) university
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
archaic
vengeful spirit;revengeful ghost
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
obsolete term
narrowness;meanness;humbleness;lowliness
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suffix
nth son
太郎, 次郎, 三郎, etc., used in men's names
2
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
lang;official title in ancient China
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
archaic
man;young man
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
archaic
my husband;my lover
addressed by women
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suffix
archaic
nth child (male and female)
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
deafness
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noun (common) (futsuumeishi)nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Russia and Ukraine
Other forms
露烏 【ろう】
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expressions (phrases
colloquial
abbreviation
right?;isn't it?
after past tense or past-continuous verb