See 津波 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"Kōyō Gunkan"
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"english": "mountain tsunami; yama tsunami",
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"roman": "tsunami keihō",
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"込",
"こ"
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"Kyōsuke Kindaichi",
"Kōyō Gunkan"
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Download raw JSONL data for 津波 meaning in Japanese (4.7kB)
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