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日本語, にほんご, にっぽんご
Japanese (language)
私は日本語で苦労している。
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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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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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Particle, See 乃, occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
often ん
4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language
5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
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ために, 為に, 爲に
Conjunction, Usually in kana
1. for, for the sake of, to one's advantage, in favor of, in favour of, on behalf of
2. because of, as a result of
雨のために私は家にいた。
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この, 此の, 斯の, こん
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi), See その・1, See あの, See どの, Usually in kana, something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker
1. this
in ref. to a stretch of time or date
2. last (couple of years, etc.), these, past
emphatic, accusatory, insulting
3. you (as in "you liar")
このコップをミルクで満たした。
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, 9, 玖, きゅう, く, ここの, この, ここ
Numeric, 玖 is used in legal documents
nine, 9
彼は「九時だ」と言った。
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動画, どうが
1. video (esp. digital), video clip
2. animation, animated cartoon
3. in-betweens (animation)
この回線の細さじゃ、動画は見られないよ。
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みる, 見る, 観る, 視る
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe
2. to examine, to look over, to assess, to check, to judge
See 看る
3. to look after, to attend to, to take care of, to keep an eye on
4. to experience, to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
Auxiliary verb, Usually in kana, after the -te form of a verb
5. to try ..., to have a go at ..., to give ... a try
私も親の面倒とか見られないですね。
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