Components

Example details

 
きょう
今日
いそが
しくて
そうでなければ
したいです
I'm busy today, otherwise I would accept.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day
2. these days; recently; nowadays  (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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4
busy; hectic; occupied; engaged
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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Most common form:
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get
2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
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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
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ボウ   いそがしい busy   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
heart
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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また again   
cover; covered   
つめ claw; fingernail   
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