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Grammar and points of interest
くせに
くせに
despite; although; even though
メアリーは結婚したいと思うのは私だけだといっているくせに、私がプロポーズしたら「ノウ」といった。なんのことだか、さっぱりわからない。
何も〜ない and なんの〜もない
何も〜ない and なんの〜もない
not ~ at all; absolutely no ~
メアリーは結婚したいと思うのは私だけだといっているくせに、私がプロポーズしたら「ノウ」といった。なんのことだか、さっぱりわからない。
particle か
particle か
embedded / indirect questions
メアリーは結婚したいと思うのは私だけだといっているくせに、私がプロポーズしたら「ノウ」といった。なんのことだか、さっぱりわからない。
particle に
particle に
an overview of the uses of に
メアリーは結婚したいと思うのは私だけだといっているくせに、私がプロポーズしたら「ノウ」といった。なんのことだか、さっぱりわからない。
verb たら conditional form
verb たら conditional form
if
メアリーは結婚したいと思うのは私だけだといっているくせに、私がプロポーズしたら「ノウ」といった。なんのことだか、さっぱりわからない。
Conjugations and inflections
Words
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe (想う has connotations of heart-felt)2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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pronoun, 'no' adjective
1. I; menoun, 'no' adjective
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)(click the word to view an additional 1 reading, 1 meaning and 2 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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noun
1. habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency2. peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. difficulty; trouble; hardship2. accident; disaster; danger
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noun
1. thing; matter (often written with kana only)2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (often written with kana only)
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'na' adjective, adverb, noun, 'suru' verb, 'to' adverb
1. feeling refreshed; feeling relieved (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)2. neat; trimmed
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow (often written with kana only)2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out (often written with kana only)
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