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Sam is a philosopher, isn't he?
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Vocabulary list

samu
noun
  1. sum
  2. surface-to-air missile; SAM
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
akirame
noun
  1. resignation; acceptance; consolation
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
ii
i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (also written 良い, 好い and 善い)
  2. sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. OK; all right; fine; no problem (as て(も)いい, と(も)いい, etc.; indicates permission or compromise)
hou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. information; news; report
noun
  1. reward; retribution
hou
noun
  1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.)
  3. type; category
  4. field (of study, etc.)
  5. indicates one side of a comparison
  6. way; method; manner; means
  7. length (of each side of a square)
hou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. law; act; principle
  2. method
  3. mood
  4. dharma; law
hou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
hou
noun
  1. feng (male Chinese firebird)
hou
noun
  1. point (of a sword, etc.)
  2. pointed verbal attack
hou
noun
  1. round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court
hou
noun
  1. peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)
da

Plain Presumptive Form

darou
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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