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競争, きょうそう

Takes suru

1. competition, contest, rivalry, race

Biology term

2. competition (between organisms or species)

十中八九、彼が競争に勝つでしょう。

紙, かみ

paper

紙に線を１本引きなさい。

紙, し

Suffix, Counter, See 新聞紙・1, Abbreviation

newspaper

紙に線を１本引きなさい。

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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