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お
ちゃ
茶
は
しごと
仕事
をスムーズに
はこ
運
ばせるための
じゅんかつゆ
潤滑油
のようなもの。
Tea is like the lubricating oil of work to allow it to proceed smoothly.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
お茶は仕事をスムーズに運ばせるための潤滑油のようなもの。
verb causative form verb causative form
 
make something happen
お茶は仕事をスムーズに運ばせるための潤滑油のようなもの。
のような のような
 
turns a noun into an adjective
お茶は仕事をスムーズに運ばせるための潤滑油のようなもの。
ものだ ものだ
 
is (expressing general truth; common sense; emotion; reflection)
お茶は仕事をスムーズに運ばせるための潤滑油のようなもの。
sentence ending particle の sentence ending particle の
 
question or emphasis
お茶は仕事をスムーズに運ばせるための潤滑油のようなもの。
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particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
お茶は仕事をスムーズに運ばせるための潤滑油のようなもの。
Conjugations and inflections
  運ばせる is the causative form of 'bu' godan verb 運ぶ   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
お ち ゃ 0
noun
1. tea (usu. green)  (see also: 茶; polite (teineigo) language)
2. tea break (at work)
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し ご と 0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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ス ム ー ズ 2
smooth
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は こ ぶ 0 は こ ぶ 3
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to carry; to transport; to move; to convey
2. to come; to go  (see also: 足を運ぶ; usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc.; honorific)
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noun
1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare  (see also: 為に; often written with kana only)
2. sake; purpose; objective; aim  (often written with kana only)
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じ ゅ ん か つ ゆ 4 じ ゅ ん か つ ゆ 0
noun
lubricating oil; lubricant; lube
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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も の 2
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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Kanji
茶
チャ   サ    tea   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホ
katakana 'ho'; tree
艹
grass   
仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
士
シ   samurai
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
運
ウン   carry; luck   はこぶ to carry   
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軍
グン    army   
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冖
cover; covered   
車
シャ   くるま car   
⻌
move
潤
ジュン   うるおす to moisten, to wet; to benefit, to profit   うるおう to be wet   うるむ to be moist, be dull   
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閏
ジュン   うるう extra, intercalation (= insertion of extra into something, eg leap year)   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
門
モン   かど gate   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
滑
カツ   コツ   すべる to slide   なめらか smooth   
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骨
コツ   ほね bone   
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冎
gossip; dishonest   
⺼
ニク body part   
油
ユ   あぶら oil   
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由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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