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You don't need to bring up "A Winter Sonata" to show that South Korean culture is having an unexpected boom in Japan.
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Vocabulary list

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
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.
rei
noun, noun, used as a prefix, no adjective
  1. custom; practice; habit; usual
  2. said; aforementioned
  3. instance; example; case; illustration; usage
  4. precedent
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
ageru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to raise; to elevate
  2. to do up (one's hair)
  3. to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
  4. to land (a boat)
  5. to deep-fry
  6. to show someone (into a room)
  7. to give
  8. to send someone (away)
  9. to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
  10. to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
  11. to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)
  12. to earn (something desirable)
  13. to praise
  14. to give (an example, etc.); to cite (usu. 挙げる)
  15. to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) (usu. 挙げる)
  16. to arrest
  17. to nominate
  18. to summon (for geishas, etc.)
  19. to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
  20. to bear (a child)
  21. to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) (usu. 挙げる)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. (of the tide) to come in
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to vomit
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to do for (the sake of someone else) (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to complete ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)
  3. to humbly do ... (after the -masu stem of a humble verb to increase the level of humility)
mademonai

Adverbial Form

mademonaku
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary (after verb phrase)
mademo
expression
  1. to (an extent); up to; so far as; even (more emphatic than まで)
  2. doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... (usu. as 〜までもない)
  3. even if ... (usu. as 〜ないまでも)
made
particle
  1. until (a time); till; to; up to
  2. to (a place); as far as
  3. to (an extent); up to; so far as; even
  4. only; merely
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
nai

Adverbial Form

naku
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
imaya
adverb
  1. now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
tokinaranu
pre-noun adjectival
  1. unthought of; unexpected; unseasonal; unscheduled
toki
noun
  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
  1. occasion; case
noun
  1. chance; opportunity; season
  2. the times; the age; the day
  3. tense
naru

Classical (nu) Present Indicative Negative Form

naranu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
kanryuu
noun
  1. influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)
kara
noun, noun, used as a prefix
  1. China (sometimes also used in ref. to Korea or other foreign countries)
ryuu
noun, used as a suffix, noun
  1. fashion; way; style; manner
  2. school (of thought)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. class; rank; rate (usu. after a number)
noun
  1. current (electrical, water, etc.); flow; stream
buumu
noun, noun, used as a suffix, suru verb
  1. boom; rage; fad
noun
  1. boom; cross-arm
dearu
copula, godan verb (irregular)
  1. be; is
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
aru
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about

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