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My father won't allow me to keep a dog.
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Vocabulary list

chichi
noun
  1. father (とと and ちゃん are used by children)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
boku
pronoun
  1. I; me
  2. you (when addressing young boys)
  3. manservant
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
inu
noun
  1. dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
  2. squealer; rat; snitch; informer; informant; spy
  3. loser; asshole
noun, used as a prefix
  1. counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
kau
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
yurusu

te-form

yurushite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to
  2. to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate
  3. to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off
  4. to acknowledge; to admit
  5. to trust; to confide in; to let one's guard down
  6. to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.); to yield
Suffix after the te form of a verb
kureru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

kurenai
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to do for one; to take the trouble to do (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to do to someone's disadvantage (after the -te form of a verb)

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