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せんぱい
先輩
こと
というか
かれ
はなし
きょうみ
興味
ある
I'm not sure I would say I like him, but I'm interested in what he has to say.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer  (see also: 後輩)
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2
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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2
liking; fondness; love  (opposite: 嫌い)
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Most common form: と言うか
expression, adverb
or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather  (see also: ってゆうか; often written with kana only)
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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1
noun
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
ハイ    colleague   
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ヒ   mistake
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シャ   くるま car   
コウ   この    す to like   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   ス   こ child   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   キョウ    entertainment, interest   おこ to flourish   おこ to establish   
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ドウ   おな same   
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wide mouth
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wide
うす a mortar   
table
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ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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ミ    not yet   
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