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先生, せんせい
1. teacher, instructor, master
Noun, used as a suffix, Honorific or respectful
2. sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
Familiar language, Humorous term
3. intimate or teasing form of address
Archaism, orig. meaning
4. one's elder
ぼくはジョーンズ先生に作文を直してもらった。
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先生, せんじょう, せんしょう, ぜんじょう
See 先生・せんせい・1, Archaism
1. teacher, instructor, master
See 前生, Buddhist term
2. previous existence
ぼくはジョーンズ先生に作文を直してもらった。
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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あたし, 私, あたくし, あたい, あて
Pronoun, Female term or language, Usually in kana
I, me
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ！
私, わい, わて
Pronoun, Archaism, Dialect: Kansai-ben
1. I, me
Only わい, used toward people of equal or lower status
2. you
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ！
私, わたくし
Pronoun, See 私・わたし, usu. more formal than わたし
1. I, me
May take 'no', Antonym: 公・おおやけ・2
2. personal (affairs, etc.), private
3. selfishness, partiality
4. secrecy, confidentiality
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ！
に
Particle
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), with
5. by, from
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本, ほん
1. book, volume, script
Prefix
2. this, present, current, ... in question, ... at issue
3. main, head, principal
4. real, genuine, regular, proper
Counter
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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元, 本, 素, 基, もと
usu. 元
1. origin, source
esp. 基
2. base, basis, foundation, root
also 因, 原
3. cause
esp. 素
4. ingredient, material, mix, stock
Only 元
5. (someone's) side, (someone's) location
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を
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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くれる, 呉れる
Conjugated: くれました
Ichidan verb, Transitive, See あげる・18, Usually in kana, the receiver is the speaker or someone close to the speaker
1. to give, to let (one) have
Auxiliary verb, after the -te form of a verb
2. to do for one, to take the trouble to do
3. to do to someone's disadvantage
友達がはがきをくれるように私に頼んだ。
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暮れる, 眩れる, 暗れる, 昏れる, くれる
Conjugated: くれました
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
1. to get dark, to grow dark
2. to end (of a day, year, season, etc.), to come to an end, to close
3. to be sunk in (e.g. despair), to be lost in (e.g. thought), to be overcome with
冬の日は速く暮れる。
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繰る, くる
Conjugated: くれました
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to reel, to wind, to spin (thread)
2. to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia)
3. to count (e.g. the days)
4. to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
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えぐる, 抉る, 刳る, 剔る, くる
Conjugated: くれました
Godan verb, Transitive, Usually in kana
1. to gouge, to hollow out, to bore, to excavate, to scoop out
Only えぐる
2. to greatly perturb, to cause emotional pain
3. to get to the bottom of things, to relentlessly bring the truth to light
傷を深くえぐってはならない、傷を新たに作ることになるから。