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Mr (junior); master; boy

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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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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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name; given name; first name

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indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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Sakura

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love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

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you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

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how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

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this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")

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place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament

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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for

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to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

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inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

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hotel

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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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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to remain; to be left

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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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is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

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endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

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that; those; the

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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evening; night; dinner

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near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen

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street stall; stand; booth

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to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

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cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike

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target practice; marksmanship; target shooting (e.g. at a fair)

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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit

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stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy

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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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important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

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to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

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look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

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right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

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you; dear; honey

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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

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Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty; Liu Song dynasty (China, 420-479); Liu Sung dynasty; Song (ancient Chinese state, 11th century-286 BCE); Sung

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to tell a lie; to fib

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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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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

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Una

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to love

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

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