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ある, 有る, 在る
Conjugated: あった
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 居る・いる・1, Usually in kana, usu. of inanimate objects
1. to be, to exist, to live
2. to have
3. to be located
4. to be equipped with
5. to happen, to come about
悪いけどほかに用事があるの。
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あう, 会う, 逢う, 遭う, 遇う
Conjugated: あった
Godan verb, Intransitive, 逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance
1. to meet, to encounter, to see
Usually in kana, esp. 遭う when in kanji
2. to have an accident, to have a bad experience
前に彼にあったのを覚えている。
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合う, あう, おう
Conjugated: あった
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to come together, to merge, to unite, to meet
2. to fit, to match, to suit, to agree with, to be correct
3. to be profitable, to be equitable
Auxiliary verb, after the -masu stem of a verb
4. to do ... to each other, to do ... together
このチョッキは前が合わない。
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としても
Expression, used for hypothetical situations
1. even if ..., even supposing that ...
after a noun or pronoun
2. also as ..., also for ..., also from the position of ...
学生服は普段着としても式服としても着られるので便利だ。
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ごくわずか, ごく僅か, 極僅か
Expression, NA-adjective, See 極・ごく・1, See 僅か・わずか・1, Usually in kana
derisory, negligible, minimal, nominal, imperceptible
両者の間には、あったとしても、相違はごくわずかである。
し
Particle, Conjunction
1. and, besides, moreover, what's more, not only ... but also
usu. indicates one of several reasons
2. because, since
at sentence end; gives reason for an unstated but deducible conclusion
3. the thing is, for one thing
トムも来なかったしジェーンも来なかった。
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し
Auxiliary verb, See 選ばれし者・えらばれしもの, See た・1, Archaism, equiv. of modern 〜た
did, (have) done
トムも来なかったしジェーンも来なかった。
あずさ, 梓, し, アズサ
Only あずさ, Only アズサ, See 夜糞峰榛, Usually in kana
1. Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
See キササゲ
2. yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
See 赤芽柏・1
3. Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus)
4. printing block
See 梓弓, Abbreviation
5. catalpa bow
か
Particle, at sentence end
1. indicates a question
after each alternative
2. or, whether or not
See 何か・1, after an interrogative
3. some- (e.g. something, someone)
indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles
4. hmm, huh
Prefix, See か弱い, emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective
5. very
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か, 箇, 個, 个, カ
Counter, Usually in kana, precedes the thing being counted; e.g. ３か月, ５か所; also written as ヶ or ケ
counter used with Sino-Japanese words