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仕事, しごと
Takes suru, Intransitive
work, job, labor, labour, business, task, assignment, occupation, employment
「あなたは仕事が気に入っていると思います」「いやそれどころか、嫌いです」
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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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面白い, おもしろい
Conjugated: おもしろくなかった
1. interesting, fascinating, intriguing, enthralling
2. amusing, funny, comical
3. enjoyable, fun, entertaining, pleasant, agreeable
usu. in the negative
4. good, satisfactory, favourable, desirable, encouraging
これは私が読んだ中で一番面白い本です。
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Particle
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
literary in modern Japanese; usu. written as ヶ in place names
2. indicates possession
Conjunction
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
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