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Why don't you give your seat to that old gentleman?
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Vocabulary list

ano
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; those; the (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
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.
mesu

Plain Past Indicative Form

meshita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to call; to invite; to send for; to summon
  2. to eat; to drink
  3. to put on; to wear
  4. to ride
  5. to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
  6. to do
  7. used to show respect (used after the -masu stem of a verb)
hito
noun
  1. man; person
  2. human being; mankind; people
  3. human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species
  4. character; personality
  5. man of talent; true man
  6. another person; other people; others
  7. adult
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
sekiwoyuzuru

te-form

sekiwoyuzutte
expression, godan verb
  1. to give one's seat to someone; to offer one's seat
seki
noun
  1. seat
  2. location (of a gathering, etc.); place
  3. position; post
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.
yuzuru

te-form

yuzutte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
  2. to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
  3. to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
  4. to sell
  5. to postpone; to put off; to defer
Suffix after the te form of a verb
ageru

te-form

agete
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to do for (the sake of someone else) (after the -te form of a verb)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
dou
adverb
  1. how; in what way; how about
desuka
expression
  1. indicates question (at sentence-end)
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)
ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way

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