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Honesty seems to be rather at a discount today.
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chikagoro
noun, adverb
  1. lately; recently; nowadays
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shoujiki
na adjective, noun
  1. honest; frank; candid; straightforward
adverb
  1. honestly; frankly
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)
kei
prefix
  1. light (e.g. aircraft, truck)
noun
  1. light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
n
noun, used as a prefix
  1. some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
ji
auxiliary
  1. probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.)
  2. will not; must not; don't intend to
rareru

te-form

rarete
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") (れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb)
  2. indicates the potential form (no imperative form, only on 一段)
  3. indicates spontaneous occurrence (no imperative form)
  4. used as an honorific for others' actions (no imperative form)
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)
youda
auxiliary
  1. seeming to be; appearing to be (usu. at sentence-end)
  2. like; similar to
  3. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
  4. indicates hope, wish, request or mild command (as ように at sentence-end)
you
noun, used as a suffix, noun
  1. appearing ...; looking ... (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. way to ...; method of ...ing (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  3. form; style; design (usu. after a noun)
  4. like; similar to (usu. after a noun)
noun
  1. thing (thought or spoken)
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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