Meaning of 同じ in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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同じJLPT 5
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Kana Readingおなじ, おんなじ
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Romajionaji, onnaji
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun or verb acting prenominally, noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike
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- Parts of speech
- adverb (fukushi)
- Meaning
- (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case
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Example Sentences
同じ, おなじ, おんなじ used in context
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同じ頃、事務員・有村夏恵は、今月を限りに退職する旨を五鬼上に申し入れた。
At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of his intent to resign after this month.
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母ちゃんも同じ事いってたな。だからどうしたってんだよ。オレにゃ関係ない。
Mum said the same thing. But, so what? It's got nothing to do with me.
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REM睡眠中の脳波は起きている時と同じ脳波であり、夢を見るステージです。
The brain waves during REM sleep are the same as when awake, and it's the stage when you have dreams.
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ちなみに、魚のえらが真っ赤であるのは、肺と同じように「毛細血管」が多く集まっているからである。
Incidentally, that the gills of fish are bright red is because there are many 'capillary vessels' collected there, the same as for lungs.
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Bats are mammals, just like us.
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同じ虹を、これだけたくさんの人が撮影したものを見たことがありません。
I've never seen as many people as this photograph the same rainbow.
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