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洋
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Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Western-style; foreign
Examples
私は洋式のホテルに泊まりたい。
I'd like to stay in a Western-style hotel.
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Abbreviation
Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
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South Seas
Examples
4月1日、南洋フーズ株式会社は横浜の新社屋に移転します。
On April 1, Nanyo Foods Co. Ltd. will move to its new building in Yokohama.
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(Western) clothing store; clothes shop
Examples
私の洋服屋から戻ってきた時に破れていた。
My dress was ruined when it came back from the cleaner's.
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tailor; dressmaker; tailor's shop
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open sea; ocean
Examples
海の氷はきわめて変わりやすい――寒く風のない天候のときは固く凍っているが、嵐のときは外洋の広い水域で割れてしまう。
The sea ice is highly variable - frozen solid during cold, calm weather and broken up in large areas of open water during storms.
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Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)
Examples
どのくらい洋行していたのですか。
How long have you been abroad?
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store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)
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(Western) dressmaking
Examples
梨奈は家政部で、主に洋裁をやっている。
Rina is in the home economics club. Her main activity is dressmaking.
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'taru' adjective
broad; vast; boundless; wide
Examples
彼には洋々たる前途があった。
A brilliant future lay before him.
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European pear (Pyrus communis); common pear
Examples
上から眺めたときのその島は形が洋ナシに似ている。
The island as seen from above resembles a pear in shape.
