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しかし, 然し, 併し
Conjunction, Usually in kana
however, but
しかし、たいへん息子を欲しがっていました。
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私窩子, 私窠子, しかし, しわし
Obsolete term
prostitute, harlot
外国, がいこく, そとぐに
May take 'no'
foreign country
あなたは外国の本を持っていますか。
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, 出
Noun, used as a suffix
1. coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon)
2. attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on
3. start, beginning
4. origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage)
5. architectural member that projects outward
彼は貴族の出である。
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Particle, indicates location of action
1. at, in, when
indicates means of action
2. by, with
quantifies limits of action; e.g. time spanned, instances, number of participants, etc.
3. within
Conjunction
4. and then, so
See よ・1, at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc., Dialect: Kansai-ben
5. let me tell you, don't you know
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, い
Conjunction, Auxiliary, See ないで・1, Archaism, after a -nai stem
without doing ...
友達, 友だち, ともだち
friend, companion
メグは新しい友達をたくさん得た。
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Particle
1. indicates direct object of action
2. indicates subject of causative expression
3. indicates an area traversed
4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
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作る, 造る, 創る, つくる
Godan verb, Transitive, 造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc.; 創る usu. for creating
1. to make, to produce, to manufacture, to build, to construct
2. to prepare (food), to brew (alcohol)
See 野菜を作る
3. to raise, to grow, to cultivate, to train
4. to till
5. to draw up (a document), to make out, to write
例外は作るべきではないと思います。
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Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
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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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あまり, 余り, 餘り, あんまり
Only あまり, May take 'no', Usually in kana
1. remainder, remnant, rest, balance, surplus, remains (of a meal), leftovers
Adverb, with neg. sentence
2. (not) very, (not) much
See あまりに, See の余り・のあまり, esp. as あまりに(も)
3. too much, excessively, overly
NA-adjective
4. extreme, great, severe, tremendous, terrible
Colloquialism, sometimes as あまり…
5. not very good, so-so, mediocre
それはあまり価値がない。
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余る, あまる
Conjugated: あまり
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 余り・1, See 余り・3
to remain, to be left over, to be in excess, to be too many
日本では米が、ヨーロッパではワインが余っている。
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簡単, 簡短, 簡端, かんたん
NA-adjective
1. simple, easy, uncomplicated
2. brief, quick, light
テニスをすることは私には簡単だ。
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です
Conjugated: ではありません
copula, Auxiliary verb, See だ, Polite
be, is
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