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あなた, 貴方, 貴女, 貴男
Pronoun, trad. polite in ref. to someone of equal or lower status, now oft. regarded as rude or distant
1. you
Only 貴方, 貴男, Familiar language, used by wives addressing their husbands
2. dear, honey
ねえあなたたち行かないで。
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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かの, 彼の, 彼
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
1. that well-known ..., the one and only ...
See あの, formal or literary term
2. that, those, the
あのおいしいワインをなぜ飲まないんだい。
あれ, 彼, 彼れ
Pronoun, See これ・1, See それ・1, See どれ・1, indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly
1. that, that thing
used to refer to one's equals or inferiors
2. that person
3. then, that time
4. that place (over there)
Colloquialism, euphemistic, oft. written as アレ
5. down there (i.e. one's genitals)
あれがこの町の大通りだ。
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に
Particle
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
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参加, さんか
Takes suru, Intransitive
participation, joining, entry, to participate, to join
あなたは競技に参加しましたか。
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する, 為る
Conjugated: したい
1. to do, to carry out, to perform
2. to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into)
3. to serve as, to act as, to work as
4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
as 〜にする,〜とする
5. to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as
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慕う, したう
Conjugated: したい
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to yearn for, to long for, to pine for, to miss, to love dearly, to adore
2. to follow (someone)
3. to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
少女は叔母をとても慕っている。
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かどうか
Expression
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
昨夜、彼があなたがお元気かどうかたずねてましたよ。
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尋ねる, 訊ねる, たずねる
Conjugated: 尋ね
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to ask, to enquire, to inquire
2. to search, to look for, to look into, to investigate
私は彼にどこへ駐車したら良いか尋ねた。
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