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哲学 (てつがく) (n) philosophy; (P) [EDICT] (zhé xué, ㄓㄜˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ) philosophy [CE-DICT] 者 (しゃ) (n,suf) someone of that nature; someone doing that work [EDICT] (もの(P);もん) (n) person (rarely used w.o. a qualifier); (P) [EDICT] (zhě, ㄓㄜˇ ) -ist, -er (person); person (who does sth) [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] ため () (n) (col) the same [EDICT] (為) (n) (1) (See 為に・1) good; advantage; benefit; welfare; (2) sake; purpose; objective; aim; (3) consequence; result; effect; (4) affecting; regarding; concerning; (P) [EDICT] (溜め) (n) cesspool; sink; manure sink [EDICT] 問い (とい) (n) question; query; (P) [EDICT] よ () (aux-v) (1) (non-五段 verbs, e.g. 食べよう) indicates speculation; (2) indicates will; (3) indicates invitation [EDICT] () (exp,prt) (compound particle used at sentence-end) ...isn't that right? [EDICT] () (adv,prt) (1) from; out of; since; at; (2) than; (3) other than; except; but; (4) more; (P) [EDICT] (世) (n) world; society; age; generation; (P) [EDICT] (節) (n) (arch) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.) [EDICT] (余) (n,suf) (1) (余 only) (also written as 餘) (See 以上・1) over; more than; (pn,adj-no) (2) (arch) formal or oratory first person pronoun; I [EDICT] (予) (n,suf) (1) (余 only) (also written as 餘) (See 以上・1) over; more than; (pn,adj-no) (2) (arch) formal or oratory first person pronoun; I [EDICT]
