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降る, ふる
Conjugated: 降っている
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.), to come down
2. to form (of frost)
3. to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight), to pour in
4. to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.), to come, to arrive
シカゴのあたりでは雨が降っていました。
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下る, 降る, くだる
Conjugated: 降っている
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to descend, to go down, to come down
2. to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
3. to pass (of time)
4. to surrender, to capitulate
often in neg. form
5. to be less than, to be inferior to
山を下ったところに学校がある。
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, 乃
Particle, orig. written 乃 or 之
1. indicates possessive
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
See が・1
3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
at sentence-end; falling tone
4. indicates a confident conclusion
Female term or language, at sentence-end
5. indicates emotional emphasis
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, 出
Noun, used as a suffix
1. coming out, going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon)
2. attending (work), appearing (on stage), one's turn to go on
3. start, beginning
4. origins, background, person (or item) originating from ..., graduate of ..., native of ..., member of ... (lineage)
5. architectural member that projects outward
彼は貴族の出である。
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Particle, indicates location of action
1. at, in
indicates time of action
2. at, when
indicates means of action
3. by, with
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, い
Conjunction, Auxiliary, See ないで・1, Archaism, after a -nai stem
without doing ...