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ほんき
本気
にあ
似合
おも
っていた
らしいシャツ
じたい
辞退
あわ
ブルーポロシャツいただくことした
The shirt she apparently seriously thought suited me I turned down and decided to accept a light blue polo shirt.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity  (usu. 本気で)
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2
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
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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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auxiliary adjective
1. seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...
2. -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...  (after a noun, adverb or adjective stem)
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1
noun
1. shirt (underwear); undershirt; singlet  (also written as 襯衣)
2. shirt (outerwear, esp. dress shirt)
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1
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself
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0
light; faint; pale; fleeting
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2
1. blue (colour, color)
2. sad; down (in the dumps)
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0
noun
polo shirt
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0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy  (see also: 貰う; humble; often written with kana only)
2. to eat; to drink  (humble; polite (teineigo) language; often written with kana only)
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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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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
ジ   similar   に to be similar to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ    (prefix) or   
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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assembly, gathering   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
ジ   やめる quit   
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シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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good
move
タン   あわ thin, pale, faint   
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エン   ほのお blaze, flame   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
スイ   みず water   
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