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限る, かぎる
Conjugated: 限られて
Godan verb, Transitive
1. to restrict, to limit, to confine
Intransitive
2. to be restricted to, to be limited to, to be confined to
as ...は...に限る
3. to be best (for), to be the best plan, to be the only way (to)
暑い日は冷たいビールに限る。
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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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なる, 成る, 為る
Conjugated: ならず
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
1. to become, to get, to grow, to turn, to reach, to attain
2. to result in, to turn out, to end up, to prove (to be)
as ...からなる or ...よりなる
3. to consist of, to be composed of, to be made up of
4. to be completed, to be realized, to succeed, to be attained, to be accomplished
5. to change (into), to turn (into), to transform
あなたがいなくなるととても寂しくなります。
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鳴る, なる
Conjugated: ならず
Godan verb, Intransitive
to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
電話は繰り返し鳴っていた。
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なる, 生る
Conjugated: ならず
Godan verb, Intransitive, Usually in kana
to bear fruit
この木には実がならないんだ。
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我々, 吾々, 我我, 吾吾, われわれ
Pronoun
we
しかし我々は彼なしで続行した。
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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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