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電話, でんわ
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive
1. telephone call, phone call
See 電話機, Abbreviation
2. telephone (device)
電話は繰り返し鳴っていた。
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Particle
1. indicates the subject of a sentence
literary in modern Japanese; usu. written as ヶ in place names
2. indicates possession
Conjunction
3. but, however, (and) yet, though, although, while
4. and
5. used after an introductory remark or explanation
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あり, 蟻, アリ
Usually in kana
ant
1匹のキリギリスと多くのアリが野原に住んでいた。
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あり, 在り, 有り
May take 'no', See 在る・ある・1, Usually in kana
1. existing (at the present moment)
NA-adjective, Colloquialism
2. alright, acceptable, passable
Irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri, Intransitive, See 在る・ある・2
3. to be (usu. of inanimate objects), to have