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なんで
きょう
今日
かぎ
って
いじば
意地張

Why, today of all days, are you so obstinate?
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
1. why?; what for?  (often written with kana only)
2. how?; by what means?
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1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day
2. these days; recently; nowadays  (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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expression
(particularly) when ... (often in phrases like "the bus just has to be on-time when we are late"); (only) for ...; if we are restricting the discussion to...; in the particular case of
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3
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in  (see also: 意地を張る)
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Kanji
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ゲン   かぎ to limit, restrict   
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good
hill   
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イ    idea   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
シン   こころ heart   
チ   ジ    ground   
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ヤ   to be
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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