Definition of から-く
- (prt) from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
- from (originator)
- because
- out of (constituent, part)
- through (e.g. window, vestibule)
- after; since (following te-form verb)
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (n) shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
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(n, n-suf) section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
彼はその句の文字どおりの意味を説明した。
He explained the literal meaning of the phrase. -
(ling) phrase
この句では前置詞を省略できる。
You can omit the preposition in this phrase. - verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
- haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
- maxim; saying; idiom; expression
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(n) ward; district; section
英国の南東区は人口密度が高い。
The South East region of England is densely populated.
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
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(num) nine
彼は「九時だ」と言った。
He said, "It's nine o'clock."
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) Zen monk's waistcoat (a short, informal kasaya)
- ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
- netsuke; item attached to a netsuke
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) quadrature
- (n) trunk; stem; stalk
- shaft (of an arrow)
- handle
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)
