Definition of もくてん
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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) ceremony; celebration; law code
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(num) nine
彼は「九時だ」と言った。
He said, "It's nine o'clock."
- (n) cultivated rice field
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(n-suf) -store; -shop
あの店はサービスが良い。
That store gives good service.
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(n) face
蛙の面に水。
Like water off a duck's back. -
surface
その男はトラの面をかぶっていた。
The man wore a mask of a tiger. - mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
- (n) ancient skirt
- (n) Japanese marten (Martes melampus)
- marten (any arboreal weasel-like mammal of genus Martes)
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(suf) exhibition; exhibit
彼の絵は二科展に入選した。
His picture was accepted for the Nika Exhibition.
- (n) quadrature
- (n) altering pronunciation or meaning; word with altered pronunciation or meaning
- turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)