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もっと
たんとうちょくにゅう
単刀直入
にい
言
ってくれないかな。かっかそうよう
隔靴掻痒
のかん
感
なきにしもあらずだよ。
You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
Grammar and points of interest
いる / います and ある / あります
いる / います and ある / あります
existence; possession
もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。
Conjugations and inflections
Words
'na' adjective, noun, 'no' adjective
going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush; frankness (yojijukugo)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, 1 meaning and 4 forms, useful expressions, examples and links)
noun
being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch (yojijukugo)(click the word for examples and links)
noun, noun (suffix)
feeling; sensation; emotion; admiration; impression(click the word for examples and links)
expression
not non-existent; not completely lacking; there is some; certainly existent (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 2 forms, examples and links)
Kanji
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