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His house is a tumbledown affair.
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Vocabulary list

kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
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
ie
noun
  1. house; residence; dwelling
  2. family; household
  3. lineage; family name
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
imanimo
adverb
  1. at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
tsuburu

Potential Plain masu-stem

tsubure
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to close (one's eyes); to shut
sou
auxiliary, na adjective
  1. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of (after -masu stem or adj. stem)
na
particle
  1. don't (prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb)
  2. do (imperative (from なさい); used with -masu stem of verb)
interjection
  1. hey; listen; you
particle
  1. now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know (when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end)
  2. wow; ooh (used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end)
shiromono
noun
  1. article; goods; product
  2. fine thing; fellow; affair; stuff (oft. used to appraise sth., esp. ironically)
  3. prostitute
  4. price; cost; money
shiro
noun
  1. substitution
  2. material
  3. price
  4. margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
  5. shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
shiro
noun
  1. white
  2. innocence; innocent person
  3. blank space
  4. white go stone
  5. white dragon tile
  6. skewered grilled pig intestine
mono
noun
  1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
  2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
  3. things; something; anything; everything; nothing
  4. quality
  5. reason; the way of things
  6. used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen (formal noun often used as 〜ものだ)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
  2. cause of ...; cause for ...
prefix
  1. somehow; somewhat; for some reason
  2. really; truly
da
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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