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Notice that 漢 is made of several components: 氵艹口夫
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Grammar detail: particle し

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The particle し is used to link multiple states into a list, with the suggestion the list is incomplete. It is very similar to や, but where や is only used for nouns, し can also be used for adjectives or relative clauses. It is often used when each clause describes a state of being.

の

は

も

わないし、

も

まない。
My father neither smokes nor drinks.

いろいろな

を

えているし、

な

じゃない。
I'm dealing with various problems right now and it's a difficult time, so I'm not in the mood to go out.

あなたは、かわいいし、

です。
You are both pretty and kind.

が

しつぎょう

し、さらに

いことには、

が

になってしまった。
Father has lost his job, and what's worse, Mother has fallen ill.

し is essentially the stem form of する, so it is roughly equivalent to saying '... is, and ...'.

Note that the subject of each clause must be marked with は, not が, because the use of し makes it possible for the clauses to have different subjects.

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particle や - and

Kanji used in this grammar

私

シわたくしわたし I, myself

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父

フちち father

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煙

エンけむり smoke けむる to smoke (chimney etc.) けむい smoky

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草

ソウくさ grass

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吸

キュウすう to suck, inhale

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酒

シュさけさか- sake

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飲

インのむ to drink

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今

コンキンいま now

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問

モンとい question とう to ask とん wholesale

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題

ダイ topic

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抱

ホウだくいだく to hug かかえる to carry, to hold (an object, a burden)

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大

ダイタイおおきい big おおいに very much おお-

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変

ヘン unusual かえる to alter, change かわる to change

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時

ジとき time, occasion

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期

キゴ period of time

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出

シュツスイだす to take out, to put out でる to go out, to exit

気

キケ spirit

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分

ブンブフンわける to divide, to distinguish わかる to understand わかれる to be divided わかつ to share, distribute

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親

シンおや parent したしい close, intimate したしむ to befriend, grow close to

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切

セツサイきる to cut きれる to break, to snap

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失

シツうしなう to lose

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業

ギョウゴウ profession, business, industry わざ deed, act

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悪

アクオわるい bad

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母

ボはは mother

病

ヘイビョウやまい illness やむ to fall ill

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