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あなた
わたし
にとってヨーダような
そんざい
存在
でしたあなた
まと
アドバイス
こい
しく
おも
でしょ
You were my Yoda and I'll miss your right-on-target advice.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
1. you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)  (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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expression
to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding  (see also: 取る; often written with kana only)
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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0
existence; being
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0
noun
mark; target
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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
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3 1
advice
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3
yearned for; longed for; missed
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2
'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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Most common form: でしょう
expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: だろう; polite (teineigo) language)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ソン   ゾン    suppose   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
stick   
シ   ス   こ child   
ザイ   あ to exist   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
テキ   まと target   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
シャ   い to shoot   
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スン   inch
シン   み body, person   
レン   こい love   こいしい darling, beloved   こ to long for   
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また again; also   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
シン   こころ heart   
シ   おも to think   
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デン   た rice field   
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