For fire to catch and flames to rise. Example: 「紙が燃える」 (paper burns). Also used to mean feelings rising, as in 「やる気に燃える」 (burning with motivation). 「燃える」 is used when something is burning, while 「燃やす」 is used when a person sets it alight: compare 「紙が燃える」 with 「紙を燃やす」.
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N2黙認もくにん
To overlook something without reproach, even while knowing it is not good.
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N5木曜日もくようび
Thursday. One day of the week. The day after Wednesday.
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N2模索もさく
To search and seek by feeling one's way, without a clear method. 「模」 means to feel and search by touch, 「索」 means a rope or clue, together giving the original meaning of "searching for a clue by feeling one's way." Used for tasks where the answer is not fixed, exploring a direction through trial and error, as in 「解決策を模索する」, 「新たな道を模索する」, 「可能性を模索する」. A bookish, hard word, frequently appearing in contexts expressing prolonged exploration or a process of trying multiple options.
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N5もしもしもしもし
A word said when making a phone call, or when calling out to someone.
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N2もたらすもたらす
To bring about or cause a certain result or state; also, to bring something along.
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N2, N3, N5持つもつ
Hold. Grasping something with the hand. 「かばんを持つ」(hold a bag).
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N5もっともっと
more. A state where the degree of something is greater than now.
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N5物もの
thing. Something visible that has a physical form.
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N2模範もはん
A good example that others should follow.
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N2, N3燃やすもやす
To set fire to something so that it burns. Example: 「落ち葉を燃やす」 (to burn fallen leaves). Also used to mean intensifying one's feelings, as in 「闘志を燃やす」 (to fire up one's fighting spirit). 「燃やす」 is used when a person sets something alight, while 「燃える」 is used when something is burning: compare 「紙を燃やす」 with 「紙が燃える」.
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N2, N3模様もよう
pattern. A drawing or arrangement of colors on the surface of an object. Example: 「花の模様」 (a floral pattern). Also used to mean a general state or condition, as in 「空模様」 (the look of the sky/weather).
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N1, N2催すもよおす
To gather people and hold an event or meeting; also, to give rise to a certain feeling or state within oneself.
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N5門もん
gate. A large door at the entrance of a house or building.
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N2, N3文句もんく
complaint. Words of dissatisfaction. Example: 「文句を言う」 (to complain). Also has the meaning of wording or a set phrase, as in song lyrics or fixed expressions.
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N4, N5問題もんだい
problem. Something that requires an answer to be given.