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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
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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やりかけ, 遣り掛け
Usually in kana
unfinished, in progress
宿題をやりかけにしておいた。
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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まま, 儘, 侭, まんま, ママ
Adverb, Usually in kana
1. as (it is), remaining (in a state), keeping (the same), leaving (unchanged)
after a past-tense verb describing a state
2. with (e.g. one's eyes closed, the light on), while (e.g. standing, alive)
as 〜に
3. as (one pleases, one is told, etc.), according to
Only ママ, See 原文のママ, indicating that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text
4. sic
物価は現状のまま続くだろう。
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間々, 間間, まま
Adverb
occasionally, now and then, sometimes
まんま, 飯, まま
Children's language, Usually in kana
1. food
Only まま, dated term
2. cooked rice
とにかくメシ・・・といきたいところだが、その前に用を足すことにした。
乳母, うば, めのと, おんば, にゅうぼ, ちうば, ちおも, ちも, にゅうも, まま
wet nurse, nursing mother