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勉強, べんきょう
Takes suru, Transitive
1. study
Intransitive
2. diligence, working hard
3. experience, lesson (for the future)
4. discount, price reduction
学校ではどんな科目を勉強しますか。
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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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ことになる, 事になる
Conjugated: ことになった
Expression, Godan verb, Usually in kana, usu. sentence ending
1. to have been decided (so) that, to have been arranged (so) that
2. to be the result (of), to be the outcome
3. to be the reason (for)
1週間の休暇を取っても良い事になった。
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いる, 要る
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
to need, to want
今のところお金はいらない。
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いる, 居る
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, See 在る・1, Usually in kana
1. to be (of animate objects), to exist
2. to stay
Auxiliary verb, after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state
3. to be ...-ing, to have been ...-ing
おかげで元気にしております。
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入る, いる
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 入る・はいる・1, mainly used in fixed expressions and literary language
1. to enter, to go in, to get in, to come in
2. to set (of the sun or moon), to sink, to go down
3. to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.), to achieve, to reach (e.g. a climax)
Suffix, See 感じ入る, See 聞き入る, after -masu stem of verb
4. to do fully, to do intently, to do sincerely, to do deeply, to feel keenly
See 寝入る・1, See 絶え入る
5. to (reach a state) completely
梅雨に入った。
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射る, いる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
あなたは私にとってヨーダのような存在でした、あなたの的を射たアドバイスを恋しく思うでしょう。
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鋳る, 鑄る, いる
Ichidan verb, Transitive
to cast, to mint, to coin
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没る, いる
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 入る・2, Poetical term
to set (of the sun)
沃る, いる
Ichidan verb, Transitive, Poetical term
to pour, to dash (water) over, to douse with
いる, 癒る
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, See 腹が居る, Usually in kana, Archaism, usu. as 腹がいる
to calm down
率る, 将る, いる
Ichidan verb, Transitive, See 率いる・ひきいる, Archaism
1. to lead, to spearhead, to command
2. to carry, to take
炒る, 煎る, 熬る, いる
Godan verb, Transitive
to roast, to parch, to toast, to boil down
彼はコーヒー豆をいっている。