勿論(もちろん), もちろん

mochiron

JLPT 4

adverb (fukushi)
  • of course; certainly; naturally

勿体(もったい)ない, 勿体(もったい), 物体(ぶったい), 物体(ぶったい), もったいない

mottainai

JLPT 2

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • impious; profane; sacrilegious
  • too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of
  • wasteful

勿, 莫, まな

mana

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • must not; may not

勿, 莫, 毋, なかれ

nakare

particle
  • must not; do not

勿体(もったい)ぶる, 勿体(もったい), もったいぶる

mottaiburu

Godan verb with `ru` ending intransitive verb
  • to put on airs; to assume importance

事勿(ことなか)れ主義(しゅぎ), 事(こと), ことなかれ主義(しゅぎ), ことなかれしゅぎ

kotonakareshugi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • principle of peace-at-any-price

忘(わす)れな草(ぐさ), 勿忘草(わすれなぐさ), わすれなぐさ, ワスレナグサ

wasurenagusa, wasurenagusa

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • forget-me-not (esp. the water forget-me-not, Myosotis scorpioides)

勿体(もったい), 物体(ぶったい), もったい

mottai

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • superior airs; air of importance
  • overemphasis

もっけの幸(さいわ)い, 物怪(もののけ), 勿怪(もっけさいわ)の幸()い, もっけのさいわい

mokkenosaiwai

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • windfall; piece of good luck

勿, なかれしゅぎのどうとく

nakareshuginodōtoku

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • negative virtues

勿吉, もっきつ

mokkitsu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

恐(おそれ), おそるるなかれ

osorurunakare

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Be not afraid

己所(おのれしょ), おのれのほっせざるところひとにほどこすことなかれ

onorenohossezarutokorohitonihodokosukotonakare

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • don't do unto others what you would not have done unto you

鶏口(けいこう), けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれ

keikōtonarumogyūgotonarunakare

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
  • Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion

物怪(もののけ), 勿怪(もっけ), もっけ, もけ

mokke, moke

nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no` adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • unexpected

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