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詞
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Grammar
adjectival noun (in Japanese); quasi-adjective; nominal adjective; na-, taru-, nari- or tari-adjective
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Grammar
abstract noun
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「―osity」は語尾が「―ous」の形容詞から作られる抽象名詞の語尾。
'-osity' is an abstract noun word ending created from the ending of an '-ous' adjective.
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Music
meaningless words added (to a traditional Japanese song) for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song; non-lexical vocables
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irregular verb
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英語を学習する上で不可欠な、不規則動詞の活用。
Conjugation of irregular verbs - essential for those learning English.
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Grammar
potential verb; -eru verb derived from -u verbs expressing potentiality
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Grammar
participial construction
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今、基本的な分詞構文を教えているのですが、皆さんは以下の分詞構文の訳については、どのように異なる訳し方をされますか?
I'm teaching basic participial constructions now, but, with regard to those below, what different ways of translating them would everybody use?
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Grammar
present participle
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進行形の文では、動詞のing形、つまり現在分詞となります。
In a progressive tense sentence it becomes the -ing form verb, that is the present participle.
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parallel marker; particle used to list items (e.g. "to", "ya", "yara")
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relative adverb
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引用した問題ではありませんが、関係代名詞と関係副詞の使い分けを問う問題がリーディングセクションにはあります。
The problem quoted isn't one, but there are problems in the reading section that ask you to distinguish relative pronouns from relative adverbs.
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New Year party where greetings (or business cards, etc.) are exchanged
