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減じる, げんじる
Conjugated: 減じ
Ichidan verb, Intransitive
1. to decrease, to be reduced, to grow less, to abate
Transitive
2. to reduce, to lessen, to cut down, to mitigate, to diminish
3. to subtract, to deduct, to take off
あなたの欠点でさえも私のあなたに対する尊敬の気持ちを減じはしないし、友情においてはこれが大切なことです。
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
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する, 為る
Conjugated: しない
1. to do, to carry out, to perform
2. to cause to become, to make (into), to turn (into)
3. to serve as, to act as, to work as
4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
as 〜にする,〜とする
5. to judge as being, to view as being, to think of as, to treat as, to use as
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竹刀, しない, ちくとう
Martial arts term
1. bamboo sword (for kendo), bamboo fencing stick
Only ちくとう
2. bamboo sword
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しなう, 撓う
Conjugated: しない
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to bend, to warp, to yield
See しなやか・1
2. to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body), to be flexible, to be pliant
その竹はしなったが折れなかった。
し
Particle, Conjunction
1. and, besides, moreover, what's more, not only ... but also
usu. indicates one of several reasons
2. because, since
at sentence end; gives reason for an unstated but deducible conclusion
3. the thing is, for one thing
トムも来なかったしジェーンも来なかった。
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し
Auxiliary verb, See 選ばれし者・えらばれしもの, See た・1, Archaism, equiv. of modern 〜た
did, (have) done
トムも来なかったしジェーンも来なかった。
あずさ, 梓, し, アズサ
Only あずさ, アズサ, See 夜糞峰榛
1. Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa)
See キササゲ
2. yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata)
See 赤芽柏・1
3. Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus)
4. printing block
See 梓弓, Abbreviation
5. catalpa bow