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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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いちご, 苺, 莓, イチゴ
Usually in kana
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
苺は今がシーズンだ。
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ケーキ
Food term
cake
ケイトはケーキの作り方を知っています。
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で, 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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で, にて
Particle, indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form
1. at, in, when
indicates means of action
2. by, with
Conjunction
3. and then, so
Only で, See よ・1, at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc., Dialect: Kansai-ben
4. let me tell you, don't you know
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で, いで
Conjunction, Auxiliary, See ないで・1, Archaism, after a -nai stem
without doing ...
す, 為
See する・1, Usually in kana, literary form of する
to do
それは、おまえの声をよく聞くためだよ。
す, 鬆
Usually in kana
1. cavity (in old root vegetables, tofu, metal casting, etc.), pore, hollow, bubble, blowhole
May take 'no'
2. porous, pithy, spongy
っす, す
Auxiliary, See です, Abbreviation, semi-polite copula
be, is
すだれ, 簾, 簀垂れ, す
Usually in kana
1. bamboo screen, rattan blind
Only すだれ
2. bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)