Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Adverb (fukushi); Concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think
in that way; thus; such
Interjection; Used to express agreement with something said
so
Interjection; Used to express doubt with something said
so?
Conjunction
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
Conjunction
however; but
Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)
such; like that; that sort of
Conjunction
moreover; furthermore
Conjunction
nevertheless; and yet
Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
natural; right; proper; just; reasonable; appropriate; deserved
Adverb (fukushi)
naturally; as a matter of course; rightly; deservedly; justly; of course
With neg. sentence
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest
Neg. context, e.g. ๅ จ็ถๅๅฏพ
wholly; entirely; completely; totally
Colloquial; Pos. context, e.g. ๅ จ็ถใใใ
extremely; very
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
Common noun
nature
Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi); Common noun
natural; spontaneous; automatic
Adverb (fukushi); Adverb taking the 'to' particle
naturally; spontaneously; automatically
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
Flesh of a dog over a barbecue = hotdog. There are all sorts of things in hot dogsโฆ
In the post-apocalypse, you eat what you can. That night, under the eerie light of the moon, we huddled around the oven-fire roasting the flesh of a wild dog. It was a grim, desperate sort of thing.
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