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このタクシー
がいしゃ
会社
が、ボタンを
つか
使
って
りようしゃ
利用者
の
きぼう
希望
を
き
聞
ける
ようにしたのはなぜか。
Why did the taxi company use a button to gather passengers' preferences?
Conjugations and inflections
Words
タ ク シ ー 1
noun
taxi
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ボ タ ン 0
noun
button  (kanji is only used for push-buttons; often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'botão')
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つ か う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
2. to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate  (see also: 人使い)
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り よ う し ゃ 2
noun
user; end-user; consumer
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き ぼ う 0
hope; wish; aspiration
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き け る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to tell  (archaic)
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(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
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な ぜ か 1
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
厶
ム   private
社
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
使
シ   つかう to use   
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吏
リ    official   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
史
シ    history   
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乂
crossed swords
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
利
リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   きく to be effective   
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禾
grain
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
者
シャ   もの person, someone   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
耂
old
希
キ   rare
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布
フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
巾
キン   turban; cloth
望
ボウ   モウ   のぞむ to wish for   
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亡
ボウ   モウ   dead   ない to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
王
オウ    king   
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聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
門
モン   かど gate   
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