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, いま
May take 'no', Adverb
1. now, the present time, just now, soon, immediately
2. another, more
今のアナウンスは何だったのですか。
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, こん
Prefix
1. the current ..., this
2. today's ...
今のアナウンスは何だったのですか。
電話, でんわ
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive
1. telephone call, phone call
See 電話機, Abbreviation
2. telephone (device)
電話は繰り返し鳴っていた。
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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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する, 為る
Usually in kana
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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刷る, 摺る, する
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to print
2. to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
私達は招待状を50通刷りました。
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する, 掏る, スる
Godan verb, Transitive, Usually in kana
to pickpocket, to steal
電車でポケットの中にあるものをすられた。
擦る, 摩る, 磨る, 擂る, する
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to rub, to chafe, to strike (match), to file, to frost (glass)
2. to lose (e.g. a match), to forfeit, to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
石けんを付けてごしごしこすれば汚れが落ちます。
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剃る, そる, する
Godan verb, Transitive
to shave
お父さんがバスルームでひげを剃っている。
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ところで, 所で
Conjunction, Usually in kana
1. by the way, incidentally, well, now
Particle, after the plain past form of a verb
2. even if, no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
ぶつくさ言ったところでしょうがない。
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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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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, , 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
ぎし, 羊蹄, ようてい, のね, , ギシギシ
Usually in kana
Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
, だ
Auxiliary verb, だ after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action
1. did, (have) done
indicates mild imperative
2. (please) do