Vocabulary list: 99-nen no Ai: Japanese Americans - Episode 1

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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 topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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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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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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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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アメリカ
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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
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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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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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って
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you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
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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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こと
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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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to; towards; for
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さん
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Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
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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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Japanese person; Japanese people
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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 work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
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だって
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after all; because; but; even; too; as well
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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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Japan
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honorific/polite/humble prefix
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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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じゃ
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then; well; so; be; is
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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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には
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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
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くれ
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to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
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けん
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matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
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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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I; me
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yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
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such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
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ウチ
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house; one's house; one's home; one's family
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この
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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
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nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
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なんて
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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
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もら
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to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
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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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たち
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pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
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American person
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ここ
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here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
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