TAKOBOTO

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問題, もんだい

1. question (e.g. on a test), problem

2. problem (e.g. societal, political), issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter

3. question (i.e. doubt)

4. public discussion, controversy

5. trouble, inconvenience, difficulty

あなたはどのようにしてその問題を解いたのですか。

が

Particle

1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)

2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

Conjunction

3. but, however, still, and

after the volitional form of a verb

4. regardless of, whether (or not)

ある, 有る, 在る

Godan verb, Intransitive, See 居る・いる・1, Usually in kana, usu. of inanimate objects

1. to be, to exist, to live

2. to have

3. to be located

4. to be equipped with

5. to happen, to come about

悪いけどほかに用事があるの。

ある, 或る, 或

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi), Usually in kana

a certain ..., some ...

ある学生に会うところです。