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歩く, あるく
Godan verb, Intransitive
to walk
あなたは歩いて行きますか。それともバスで行きますか。
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こと, 事, 縡
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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, 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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古都, こと
ancient city, former capital
この古都に何か新しいものがあることは、だれでも知っている。
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, 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
, げん, こと
word, remark, statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。
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冴える, 冱える, さえ
Conjugated: さえ
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
1. to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.), to be bright, to be vivid, to be crisp
2. to be clear-headed, to be alert, to be on the ball, to be wide awake
often as 冴えない
3. to look upbeat, to be perky, to be cheerful
4. to master (a skill), to excel at, to cleanly execute
See 冴えない・2
5. to be satisfying
満月が空にさえている。
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さえ
Particle
1. even
in a conditional clause; indicates the only thing needed
2. (if) only, just, as long as
3. besides, on top of that, what's more
雨がやみさえすればいいのになあ。
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冴え, 冱え, 冴, さえ
1. clearness, clarity
2. skillfulness (skilfulness)
できる, 出来る
Conjugated: できない
Ichidan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to be able to do, to be possible, to be permitted (to do)
2. to be good at, to do well, to be proficient (in), to be capable
3. to come into existence, to form, to appear, to come up (of a matter), to be born, to make (a friend), to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
4. to be made, to be built, to be constructed, to be formed, to be established, to be set up
5. to be finished, to be completed, to be done, to be ready
あの二人はどうもできているらしい。
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