電車, でんしゃ
train, electric train
あなたは始発電車に間にあいましたか。
は
Particle, pronounced わ in modern Japanese
1. indicates sentence topic
2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
3. adds emphasis
ない, 無い
Usually in kana
1. nonexistent, not being (there)
2. unowned, not had, unpossessed
See またとない
3. unique, impossible, won't happen
Auxiliary adjective, after the -te form of a verb
4. to not be, to have not
2つの意見に大した差はない。
ある, 有る, 在る
Conjugated: ない
Godan verb, Intransitive, See 居る・いる・1, Usually in kana, usu. of inanimate objects
1. to be, to exist, to live
2. to have
3. to be located
4. to be equipped with
5. to happen, to come about
悪いけどほかに用事があるの。
内, ない
Suffix, Antonym: 外
within ..., inside ...
「うちで働いてみたいかね」とウッドさんが尋ねました。
ない
Suffix, verb-negating suffix; may indicate question or invitation with rising intonation
1. not
See 忙しない, after the root of an adjective
2. emphatic suffix
僕は引退するつもりは毛頭ない。
地震, じしん, ない, なえ, じぶるい
earthquake
地震がその地域を襲った。
のです, んです
Expression, の and ん add emphasis
the expectation is that ..., the reason is that ..., the fact is that ..., the explanation is that ..., it is that ...
お借りした車の調子が悪いのですが。
か
Particle, at sentence end
1. indicates a question
after each alternative
2. or, whether or not
See 何か・1, after an interrogative
3. some- (e.g. something, someone)
indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles
4. hmm, huh
Prefix, See か弱い, emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective
5. very