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, わたし
Pronoun, slightly formal or feminine
I, me
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
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, , わらわ
Pronoun, Archaism, Humble, Female term or language
I, me
あたし, , あたくし, あたい, あて
Pronoun, Female term or language, Usually in kana
I, me
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
, あっし, わっし
Pronoun, mainly used by working men
I, me
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
, わい, わて
Pronoun, Archaism, Dialect: Kansai-ben
1. I, me
Only わい, used toward people of equal or lower status
2. you
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
, わたい
Pronoun, Archaism, Dialect: Kantou-ben
I, me
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
, し
See 公・1
private affairs, personal matter
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
, わたくし
Pronoun, See 私・わたし, usu. more formal than わたし
1. I, me
May take 'no', Antonym: 公・おおやけ・2
2. personal (affairs, etc.), private
3. selfishness, partiality
4. secrecy, confidentiality
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
, わっち
Pronoun, used esp. by people of low status
I, me
この人、あたしをどなりつけるんですよ!
わし, 儂,
Pronoun, Usually in kana, Male term, used by elderly
I, me
儂の目もガタがきたかの。
流行る, はやる
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to be popular, to come into fashion
2. to be prevalent, to spread widely (e.g. disease), to be endemic
3. to flourish, to thrive
その年はペストがはやった。
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はやる, 逸る, 早る
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to be impatient, to be eager, to be restless, to be rash, to be impetuous
2. to be excited, to be in high spirits
べき, 可き
Auxiliary, Usually in kana, after the dictionary form of a verb
should, must, ought to
あなたにはまず最初に尋ねるべきだったでしょうか。
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, 羃, 巾, べき
Mathematics term
exponent, power
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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, 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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, 若, ごと, こと, もころ
Adverb, See 如し
like, similar to, same as
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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やる, 遣る, 行る
Godan verb, Transitive, See する・1, Usually in kana, Colloquialism
1. to do, to undertake, to perform, to play (a game), to study
2. to send, to dispatch, to despatch
3. to put, to move, to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
4. to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status), to let have, to present, to bestow, to confer
5. to make (a vehicle) go faster
5ドルをやる。
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殺る, やる
Godan verb, Transitive, Colloquialism
to do someone in, to bump someone off
もう一度政治家を殺ってみたかったが出来なかった。
演る, やる
Godan verb, Transitive, See 演じる・1, often used in the popular music industry
to perform, to play, to act
やる, 犯る, ヤる
Godan verb, Transitive, Slang, Vulgar expression or word, Usually in kana
to have sex, to fuck, to bang
copula, See である, See です, plain copula
1. be, is
Auxiliary verb, See た・1, た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action
2. did, (have) done
See た・2, indicates light imperative
3. please, do
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, っ
Particle
remind me, I forget, was it?, was that what happened?