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I cannot get the lid off.
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futawoakeru

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

futagaakerarenai
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to open the lid; to lift a lid
  2. to open the lid (on); to make public
  3. to start (something)
  4. to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect); to look at the condition of something
  5. to open (of a theatre)
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)
akeru

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

akerarenai

Passive Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

akerarenai
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
  2. to open (for business, etc.)
  3. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room (esp. 空ける)
  4. to move out; to clear out (esp. 空ける)
  5. to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) (esp. 空ける)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to dawn; to grow light (esp. 明ける)
  2. to end (of a period, season) (esp. 明ける)
  3. to begin (of the New Year) (esp. 明ける)
  4. to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) (esp. 明ける)
  5. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
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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