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黒い, くろい
1. black
2. dark, blackish, sun-tanned (skin)
3. suspicious, criminal, illicit
4. darkened and dirty, sooty, covered in dirt
5. evil, wicked, black-hearted
ナンシーはヘレンよりもほんのすこし色が黒い。
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うち, 家
See 内・うち・7, Usually in kana
one's house, one's home, one's family, one's household
うちには十頭の牛がいる。
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うち, 内, 中
Adverb
1. inside, within
Usually in kana
2. while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of
as 〜のうち
3. among, amongst, (out) of, between
also 裡, 裏; as 〜のうちに after a noun representing a state or condition
4. in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success)
5. within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts
「うちで働いてみたいかね」とウッドさんが尋ねました。
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破損, はそん
Takes suru, Transitive, Intransitive
damage, breakage
屋根が破損した家は今では修理が完了している。
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, , ,
Only な, Particle, prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb
1. don't
imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb
2. do
Interjection, used to get someone's attention or press one's point
3. hey, listen, look, say
when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end
4. now, ..., well, ..., I tell you!, you know
used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end
5. wow, ooh
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こと, 事, 縡
Usually in kana
1. thing, matter
2. incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis
3. circumstances, situation, state of affairs
4. work, business, affair
5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
「U.F.Oとは何を表しているの」「未確認飛行物体のことだと思う」
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, 箏, 筝, こと, そう
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
Only こと, Archaism
2. stringed instrument
Only 箏, Only 筝
3. zheng (Chinese zither), guzheng
彼女は琴を弾くことがとても好きだ。
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古都, こと
ancient city, former capital
この古都に何か新しいものがあることは、だれでも知っている。
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, 殊, こと, け
Only こと, NA-adjective, Noun, used as a prefix, Archaism
1. difference (from one another), different thing, other
2. unusual, extraordinary
糊塗, こと
Takes suru, Transitive
patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
こと
Particle, particle always used at sentence-end
1. particle indicating a command
Female term or language, often as ことね
2. particle indicating mild enthusiasm
3. particle indicating a gentle interrogative
at sentence end as ことよ
4. particle used to soften a judgment or conclusion
, げん, こと
word, remark, statement
彼の言に従って行動するのはりこうではない。
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