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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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には
Expression, Particle, See に・1, emphasises word marked by に
1. to, for, on, in, at
2. in order to, for
See は・1, indicates respect for subject of sentence
3. as for, regarding
as ＡにはＡが...; emphasizes the repeated word, followed by a contrasting statement
4. while it is (was) the case that ..., indeed ... (but), certainly ... (but)
数学は私には難しい。
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全然, ぜんぜん
Adverb, with neg. sentence
1. (not) at all, (not) in the slightest
neg. context, e.g. 全然反対
2. wholly, entirely, completely, totally
Colloquialism, pos. context, e.g. 全然いいよ
3. extremely, very
あなたの作文は全然だめだというわけではない。
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前々, 前前, ぜんぜん
Prefix, See 前々回, See 前々日
(one) before last, two before, two in front (e.g. rows)
先日、学校からの帰りに古本屋に立ち寄ったところ、前々から探していた本を偶然見つけた。
漸漸, 漸々, ぜんぜん
Adverb, See 段々・1, See 漸次, Rare
1. gradually, by degrees
2. the sight of a tall soaring rock
3. crying, weeping
興味を持つ, 興味をもつ, きょうみをもつ
Conjugated: 興味を持たない
Expression, Godan verb
to have an interest (in)
息子は早くから政治に興味を持った。
に
Particle
1. at (place, time), in, on, during
2. to (direction, state), toward, into
3. for (purpose)
4. because of (reason), for, with
5. by, from
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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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困る, こまる
Conjugated: 困り
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to be troubled, to have difficulty, to be in a fix, to be at a loss, to be stumped, to be embarrassed
2. to be bothered, to be inconvenienced, to be annoyed
3. to be badly off, to be hard up, to be in straitened circumstances
騒音でこまっている。
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