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Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

excessive; unmerited; generous

Abbreviation; Linguistics

past participle

equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

sworn younger brother; junior male peer (in a club, group, etc.)

classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment

assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)

Adverb (fukushi)

nine parts; ninety percent; mostly

nine percent

With neg. sentence

complaint; protest; objection; fault

one's say; what one has to say; claim

subdivision

protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister

Common noun

senior group member; leader among peers

Expressions

(like) one's older brother; big brother

moral duty; moral obligations

justification; pretext; just cause

moody person

specialization; specialisation; differentiation

outsider; alien elements

halfsies; splitting evenly between two people

division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification; sorting

rate; ratio; percentage

commission; poundage; percentage

division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production

trisection; dividing into three (parts)

squad leader; divisional officer

to capture; to seize; to plunder; to steal; to snatch; to grab

setsubun; last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usu. February 3 or 4) on which a bean scattering ceremony is held

Orig. meaning

last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar)

thoughtlessness; indiscretion

classification by colour; sorting by color; color-coding; colour-coding

classification; sorting; grouping