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の
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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こと, 事, 縡, こん
Usually in kana
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
「Ｕ．Ｆ．Ｏとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
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琴, 箏, 筝, こと, そう
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Only こと, Archaism
2. stringed instrument
Only 箏, Only 筝
3. zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。
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異, 殊, こと, け
Only こと, NA-adjective, Noun, used as a prefix, Archaism
1. difference (from one another), different thing, other
2. unusual, extraordinary
糊塗, こと
Takes suru, Transitive
patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
こと
Particle, particle always used at sentence-end
1. particle indicating a command
Female term or language, often as ことね
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm
3. particle indicating a gentle interrogative
at sentence end as ことよ
4. particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion
のように, の様に
Expression, Adverb, Usually in kana
1. like, similar to
2. as with, in the same way
彼女が突然死んだという知らせが青天のへきれきのように訪れた。
はっきり, ハッキリ
Adverb, Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Onomatopoeic or mimetic word
1. clearly, plainly, distinctly
Takes suru, often as はっきりした
2. to be clear, to be definite, to be certain, to be exact, to become clear, to clear up
そして書かれていることはすべて完全にはっきりと書かれている。
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と
Particle, Conjunction
1. if, when
2. and
3. with
4. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
See と金, Shogi term, Abbreviation
5. promoted pawn
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あの, 彼の, あん
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi), See どの, See この・1, See その・1, Usually in kana, someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener
that, those, the
あのおいしいワインをなぜ飲まないんだい。
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