Vocabulary list: Terrible Twos! 魔の二歳児!? - Intermediate Japanese 中級日本語

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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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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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if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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さい
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-years-old
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です
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be; is
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daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
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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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to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
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at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
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too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
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I; me
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いや
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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
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child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
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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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くつ
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shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
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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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いま
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now; the present time; just now; another; more
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by myself; in person; by oneself
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to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
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ピンク
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pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
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at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
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indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
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こと
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thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
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これ
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this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
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という
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called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
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today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
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to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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every day
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any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
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for example; for instance; e.g.
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スプーン
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spoon
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こだわり
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obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
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leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
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shoe box; shoe shelf
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terrible twos (developmental stage in toddlers)
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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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hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
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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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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
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でも
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but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
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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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もう
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now; soon; already; yet; further; more
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そして
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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
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だが
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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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こんな
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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
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ほう
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direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
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とき
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time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
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