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Auxiliary, See で・5, で after certain verb forms
indicates continuing action
,
Particle, See と・4, casual quoting particle
1. you said, he said, she said, they said
See たって・1, after a verb in the past tense
2. even if
as in かって; indicates a satirical or rhetorical question
3. do you seriously think that
indicates certainty, insistence, emphasis, etc.
4. I already told you, you should know by now that, of course
abbr. of という
5. the said ...
スペイン料理ってパエリアの他に何があるの?
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しょうがない, 仕様がない, しようがない
Expression, Usually in kana
1. there's no (other) way
2. cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice, it is what it is
oft. as 〜てもしょうがない
3. it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough
4. hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
as 〜てしょうがない or 〜でしょうがない
5. cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)
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てる, でる
Conjugated: てた
Ichidan verb, Auxiliary verb, Colloquialism, from ..て or で plus いる; indicates continuing action or state
to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing
まら, 摩羅, 魔羅
Buddhist term
1. Mara, demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment
2. obstacle to enlightenment
Usually in kana, usu. written as マラ
3. penis
ない, 無い
Usually in kana
1. nonexistent, not being (there)
2. unowned, not had, unpossessed
See またとない
3. unique, impossible, won't happen
Auxiliary adjective, after the -te form of a verb
4. to not be, to have not
2つの意見に大した差はない。
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ある, 有る, 在る
Conjugated: ない
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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ない, 地震
Poetical term, Usually in kana
earthquake
地震がその地域を襲った。
亡い, ない
See 無い・1
dead
, ない
Suffix, Antonym: 外
within ..., inside ...
「うちで働いてみたいかね」とウッドさんが尋ねました。
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ない
Auxiliary adjective, Suffix, verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation
not
僕は引退するつもりは毛頭ない。
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ない
Suffix, See 忙しない, after the root of an adjective
emphatic suffix
僕は引退するつもりは毛頭ない。