Vocabulary list: Hard Nuts! - Episode 8

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indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
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さん
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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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んだ
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the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
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I; me
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こと
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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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そと
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outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
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です
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be; is
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you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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それ
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that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
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to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
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から
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from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
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to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
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だけ
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only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
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to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
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あなた
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you; dear; honey
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はい
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yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
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する
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to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
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to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
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だった
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was; were
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する
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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
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to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
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たち
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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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infection; contagion; becoming infected
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なに
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what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
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he; she; that person; (arch.) you
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radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
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ですか
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indicates question
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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
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ちち
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father
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all; everyone; everybody
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offender; criminal; culprit
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ちょう
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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
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Tokyo
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