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It's being manipulated by investors trying to make it rich.
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moukeru

Plain Presumptive Form

moukeyou
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to profit; to get; to earn; to gain
  2. to have (bear, beget) a child
  3. to have a stroke of luck
Suffix after the volitional form of a verb
tosuru
expression, suru verb (irregular)
  1. to try to ...; to be about to do ... (after the volitional form of verb)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
suru
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
toukisuji
noun
  1. speculator
touki
noun
  1. speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
suji
noun
  1. muscle; tendon; sinew
  2. vein; artery
  3. fiber; fibre; string
  4. line; stripe; streak
  5. reason; logic
  6. plot; storyline
  7. lineage; descent
  8. school (e.g. of scholarship or arts)
  9. aptitude; talent
  10. source (of information, etc.); circle; channel
  11. well-informed person (in a transaction)
  12. logical move (in go, shogi, etc.)
  13. ninth vertical line
  14. seam on a helmet
  15. gristly fish paste (made of muscle, tendons, skin, etc.)
  16. social position; status
noun, used as a suffix, noun, no adjective
  1. on (a river, road, etc.); along
suffix, counter
  1. counter for long thin things; counter for roads or blocks when giving directions
  2. (Edo period) counter for hundreds of mon (obsolete unit of currency)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
ayatsuru

Passive Plain te-form

ayatsurarete
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer
  2. to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
  3. to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
  4. to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.); to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; to mastermind
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
nodesu
expression
  1. the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ... (の and ん add emphasis)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)

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