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20 など
     1. part. 等: for example, things like, such as, etc., and so onnado
           納豆や歌舞伎などは日本だけにある。 - Things like natto and kabuki are only in Japan.
     2. part. Usage: *
21 言う
     1. v. to say, to tell somebodyiuyuu
           アリスは私に休みたいと言った。 - Alice said to me that she wants to rest.
           私が言うようにしなさい。 - Do as I tell you.
           彼は変だと言われた。 - He was told that he was strange.
     2. v. to call, to name, to give a name
22 為る
     1. v. (rare) (altform, する, tr=suru).suru
     2. v. alternative form of 成るnaru
23 この
     1. adnominal. (deictically) this ... (near the speaker)kono
           この車は緑です。 - This car is green.
     2. adnominal. (anaphorically) this ... I am talking about (only the speaker knows)
     3. adnominal. Usage: * This term can only be used when followed by a noun or noun phrase. It cannot be used as a standalone pronoun. Examples:
     4. adnominal. Usage: ** Correct:
24
     1. n. a person, humanhito
     2. n. an individual
     3. n. mankind, people
     4. n. character, personality
     5. n. an average person
25 その
     1. adnominal. (deictically) that ... near you (near the addressee)sono
           私が読みたい本は、その本です。 - What I want to read is that book.
     2. adnominal. (anaphorically) the ... we are talking about.
     3. adnominal. ...of it; its
     4. adnominal. Usage: * Sono is anaphorically used to refer to things and experiences that either the speaker or the listener knows about, but not both. Compare the two following sentences:
26 まで
     1. part. until, up to, as far asmade
           10時まで働くつもりだ。 - I intend to work until ten o'clock.
           この電車は、下関まで行きます。 - This train goes as far as Shimonoseki.
           三時から五時まで。 - From three o'clock until five o'clock.
           帰るまで待っている。 - I'll wait until you come home.
27 もの
     1. n. 物: thingmono
     2. n. 者: person
     3. part. (conjunctive particle): Because.
     4. part. (feminine) (A sentence-final particle used for emphasis.)
     5. part.    (Used to assert something. Often carries feelings of dissatisfaction or downheartedness, but not always.)
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     1. syllable. Hiragana syllable, romaji he
     2. part. to, towards (indicates a destination or movement toward something)
           日本へようこそ! - Welcome to Japan!
           銀行へ行った。 - I went to the bank.
           トランプ氏勝つ、第45代米大統領へ - ref=
29
     1. (ja-see, また)
30 これ
     1. pron. thiskore
     2. pron.    (deictically) this one (near the speaker)
     3. pron.    (anaphorically) this one I am talking about (only the speaker knows)
     4. pron. Usage: * Kanji spellings include 此れ, , , (,) and , but this term is now usually spelled in hiragana, as これ.
31 行う
     1. v. To perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out.okonau
           インタビューは英語で行われていました。 - The interview was conducted in English.
32 よう
     1. n. 用: business, engagementyou
     2. n. 幼: young; young children
     3. n. 洋: ocean
     4. n. 要: cornerstone; requirement
     5. n. 俑: wooden figure buried with the dead
33 出来る
     1. v. to be able to dodekiru
           ジョンはフランス語が出来る。 - John can do French → John knows French.
     2. v. to be finished, to be ready
     3. v. be made
     4. v. (slang) to have sex, to do it, to get some, to get it on
34
     1. n. station (train, underground/subway)eki
35
     1. n. a land, a large placekuni
     2. n. a country in general, a region
     3. n. a country as in a nation, a state
     4. n. the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state
     5. n. a province of ancient Japan
36 より
     1. part. than; rather than; more so thanyori
           上田さんは僕より背が高い。 - Mr. Ueda is taller than I am.
           オレンジより林檎が好き。 - I like apples more than oranges.
     2. part. from, beyond, or past a point in space or time
           ここより危ないですよ。 - It's dangerous past / beyond / from here.
37 大学
     1. n. a university; a collegedaigaku
38 現在
     1. n. the present, nowgenzai
     2. adv. now, at present
39
     1. n. (spatially) the back, the rear, behindato
     2. n. (temporally) later, afterwards, some time after the present
           後で連絡します。 - I'll contact you later.
     3. n. the rest
     4. n. the back, the rear (both spatially and temporally)ushiro
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