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としよ
年寄
くさ
ふく
めて

Stop dressing like an old person.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
6
fogyish; fusty
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expression, ichidan verb
1. to put on clothes; to wear clothes
2. to be the personification of  (used prenominally as ~が服を着た(ような); idiomatic expression)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to turn off  (esp. 止める, 停める)
2. to park  (esp. 止める, 停める)
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Kanji
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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キ   よ to draw near   よせる to bring near   
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キ    strange, curious   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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roof   
シュウ   くさ foul-smelling   にお to smell (bad)   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
フク    clothes   
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ニク body part   
sealed up again
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seal
また again   
チャク   ジャク   つ to arrive   つける to attach   き to wear   きせる to make wear   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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