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" (言 ( yán ) 葉 ( yè ) は 文明( ぶんめい ) 社会( しゃかい ) の 基礎( きそ )
言 (げん(P);こと) (n) word; remark; statement; (P) [EDICT] (yán, ㄧㄢˊ ) to speak; to say; talk; word [CE-DICT] 葉 (は) ใบไม้ [LongdoJP] (は) (n) leaf; (P) [EDICT] (よう) (suf,ctr) (1) counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (2) (arch) counter for boats [EDICT] (yè, ㄧㄝˋ ) leaf; page; surname Ye [CE-DICT] は (葉) ใบไม้ [LongdoJP] () (int) (1) (pol) yes; (2) OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance); okay; (3) giddy-up; giddap; (P) [EDICT] () (v5r,aux-v,suf) (hon) (ksb [EDICT] () (suf) (ksb [EDICT] (歯) (n) tooth; (P) [EDICT] (刃) (n) edge (of a knife or sword); (P) [EDICT] (派) (n,n-suf) clique; faction; school; (P) [EDICT] (破) (n) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song [EDICT] (葉) (n) leaf; (P) [EDICT] 文明 (ぶんめい) (n) (1) civilization; civilisation; culture; (2) Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20); (P) [EDICT] (wén míng, ㄨㄣˊ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ) civilized; civilization; culture [CE-DICT] 社会 (しゃかい) (n) society; public; (P) [EDICT] (shè huì, ㄕㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ) society [CE-DICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 基礎 (きそ) พื้นฐาน [LongdoJP] (きそ) (n,adj-no) foundation; basis; (P) [EDICT] (jī chǔ, ㄐㄧ ㄔㄨˇ ) base; foundation; basis [CE-DICT]
