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借りる, かりる
Conjugated: 借りました
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to borrow, to have a loan
2. to rent, to hire
２部屋あるアパートを借りたいのですが。
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借る, かる
Conjugated: 借りました
Godan verb, Transitive, See 借りる, Dialect: Kansai-ben
1. to borrow, to have a loan
2. to rent, to hire
この, 此の, 斯の, こん
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi), See その・1, See あの, See どの, Usually in kana, something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker
1. this
in ref. to a stretch of time or date
2. last (couple of years, etc.), these, past
emphatic, accusatory, insulting
3. you (as in "you liar")
このコップをミルクで満たした。
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本, ほん
See ご本・ごほん
1. book, volume, script
Prefix
2. this, present
3. main, head
4. real, regular
Suffix, Counter, sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん
5. counter for long cylindrical things, counter for films, TV shows, etc., counter for goals, home runs, etc., counter for telephone calls
昨日はその本を８０ページまで読んだ。
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品, ほん
1. court rank
Suffix, See 九品・1, Buddhist term, sometimes pronounced ぼん, ぽん as a suffix
2. level, grade
3. chapter, section, volume
彼は品がない。
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. topic marker particle
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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唐, 韓, 漢, から
Noun, used as a prefix, Archaism
China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
から
Particle
1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity), since
2. from (originator), by
follows verbs, adjectives
3. because
4. out of (constituent, part)
5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
１０から２を引くと、８残る。
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掛絡, 掛落, 掛羅, から
See 袈裟・1, See 絡子・らくす, Archaism
1. Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya)
2. ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
See 根付け
3. netsuke, item attached to a netsuke
幹, 柄, から
Archaism
1. trunk, stem, stalk
2. shaft (of an arrow)
3. handle
きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。
刈る, 苅る, かる
Conjugated: かりました
Godan verb, Transitive
to cut (grass, hair, etc.), to mow, to clip, to trim, to prune, to shear, to reap, to harvest
彼らはジャックの髪の刈り方をひやかした。
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駆る, 駈る, かる
Conjugated: かりました
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to spur on, to urge forward, to impel
2. to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
彼は衝動に駆られた。
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狩る, 猟る, かる
Conjugated: かりました
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to hunt (animals)
2. to search (for a criminal)
3. to go looking for (flowers, etc.), to gather (mushrooms), to pick (berries)
世界で、鹿やムースやキジといった野性獣を狩ることは違法とする国が多い。