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新幹線, しんかんせん
Shinkansen, bullet train
新しい新幹線の速いこと!
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, 出
Noun, used as a suffix
1. coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon)
2. attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on
3. start, beginning
4. origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage)
5. architectural member that projects outward
彼は貴族の出である。
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, にて
Particle, indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form
1. at, in, when
indicates means of action
2. by, with
Conjunction
3. and then, so
Only で, See よ・1, at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc., Dialect: Kansai-ben
4. let me tell you, don't you know
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, い
Conjunction, Auxiliary, See ないで・1, Archaism, after a -nai stem
without doing ...
どれくらい, どれ位, 何れくらい, 何れぐらい, 何れ位, どれぐらい
Expression, Adverb, See どの位・どのくらい, Usually in kana
how long, how far, how much
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架かる, かかる
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 掛かる・2
to span, to bridge, to cross, to straddle
池には橋がかかっている。
かかる, 掛かる, 懸かる, 掛る, 懸る
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 時間がかかる, Usually in kana
1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
2. to hang
See お目にかかる
3. to come into view, to arrive
4. to come under (a contract, a tax)
5. to start (engines, motors)
壁に地図がかかっています。
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かかる, 罹る
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
to contract (a disease), to suffer from
私はかつて大病にかかったことがあった。
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係る, かかる
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 掛かる・かかる・4
1. to be the work of, to be the result of, to be done by
2. to concern, to affect, to involve, to relate to
かかる, 斯かる
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi), Usually in kana
such, like this
皸る, 皹る, かかる
Yodan verb, Intransitive, Archaism
to chap, to crack
Particle, at sentence end
1. indicates a question
after each alternative
2. or, whether or not
See 何か・1, after an interrogative
3. some- (e.g. something, someone)
indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles
4. hmm, huh
Prefix, See か弱い, emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective
5. very
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Particle, prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb
1. don't
imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb
2. do
Interjection, See なあ
3. hey, listen, you
when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end
4. now, ..., well, ..., I tell you!, you know
used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end
5. wow, ooh
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