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... naru , " to be , " thus : kenso naru michi , " a steep road , " lit. , " a steepness - being road " ; shinsetsu narishi hito , " a kind person , " lit. , " kindness having - been person . " 20. Words of this third class correspond to ...
... naru , " to be , " thus : kenso naru michi , " a steep road , " lit. , " a steepness - being road " ; shinsetsu narishi hito , " a kind person , " lit. , " kindness having - been person . " 20. Words of this third class correspond to ...
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... naru , the correspond- ing adverb ika ni meaning " how ? " 36. Note also itsu , " when ? " and izuko , " where ? " words which are really nouns , though corresponding to English inter- rogative adverbs . Like other nouns , they take ...
... naru , the correspond- ing adverb ika ni meaning " how ? " 36. Note also itsu , " when ? " and izuko , " where ? " words which are really nouns , though corresponding to English inter- rogative adverbs . Like other nouns , they take ...
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... naru ) . The reason is that , as it simply corresponds to quotation marks placed after a clause or sentence complete in itself , it does not in any way govern the preceding word . If that word is , as it generally must be , a verb or ...
... naru ) . The reason is that , as it simply corresponds to quotation marks placed after a clause or sentence complete in itself , it does not in any way govern the preceding word . If that word is , as it generally must be , a verb or ...
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... naru arisama to nareri , " He fell into a pitiful plight . " Musume to ni- nin , " two counting my daughter " ( lit. , " two with my daughter " ) . Kore to chigau , " It differs from this . " 9. " And " ; in this sense it is generally ...
... naru arisama to nareri , " He fell into a pitiful plight . " Musume to ni- nin , " two counting my daughter " ( lit. , " two with my daughter " ) . Kore to chigau , " It differs from this . " 9. " And " ; in this sense it is generally ...
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... naru kana kono koto ya , " Oh ! how true these words are ! " d ) Good writers sometimes ( in imitation of Chinese idiom ) use ya in a half - emphatic explanatory manner . Thus : Teki no kogeki shi kitari ya gen wo matazu , " We do not ...
... naru kana kono koto ya , " Oh ! how true these words are ! " d ) Good writers sometimes ( in imitation of Chinese idiom ) use ya in a half - emphatic explanatory manner . Thus : Teki no kogeki shi kitari ya gen wo matazu , " We do not ...
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adverbs affirmative voice aruru ashimeraruru attributive form bekarazu beshi Causative Negative caused to cut Chinese Chinese numerals clause colloquial compound conclusive form corresponding Potential Forms DESIDERATIVE FORMS English eraruru FORMS Indicative Fourth Past Gerund gone hayaki hito homuru honorific iedomo ILLATIVE FORMS indefinite form inflections intransitive intransitive verbs irregular verb IRREGULAR VERB SURU isasezarishi ishimerarezarishi ishimezarishi ishimuru Japanese adjective Japanese language kana kirashimeraru kiru Kono Kore koto nakare kuru means miru mood motte naraba naran naredomo nari naru nashi nouns Oblique particle pass passive causative Past Concessive Past Conditional Past Hypothetical person postpositions praise preceding Present Actual Concessive Present Hypothetical Concessive present tense pronouns rarezarishi REGULAR CONJUGATION rendered romaji sasuru second conjugation Second Past SECTION SECTION sentence seshimuru sezarishi shite signifies sometimes sōrō stem suffixed suguru tive Uninflected words verb or adjective voice-continued vowel words yori yotte yuku