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Excuse me, but could you tell me the way to the bus stop?
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Vocabulary list

sumimasen
expression, interjection
  1. excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; I beg your pardon (used both to apologize and to get someone's attention)
  2. thank you
basutei
noun
  1. bus stop
he
particle
  1. to; towards; for (indicates direction or goal; pronounced え in modern Japanese)
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
iku

masu stem

iki
godan verb (iku/yuku), intransitive verb
  1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach
  2. to proceed; to take place (い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
  3. to pass through; to come and go
  4. to walk
  5. to die; to pass away
  6. to do (in a specific way)
  7. to stream; to flow
godan verb (iku/yuku), auxiliary verb
  1. to continue (after the -te form of a verb)
godan verb (iku/yuku), intransitive verb
  1. to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
  2. to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
kata
noun
  1. direction; way (also ほう)
  2. person; lady; gentleman
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. method of; manner of; way of
noun, used as a suffix
  1. care of ...
  2. person in charge of ... (also がた)
  3. side (e.g. "on my mother's side") (also がた)
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.
oshieru

te-form

oshiete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to teach; to instruct
  2. to tell; to inform
  3. to preach
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
dake
particle
  1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone
  2. as much as; to the extent of; enough to
masenka
expression
  1. won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.) (used to ask a question in the negative)
  2. won't you (used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands)
maseru

Colloquial Present Indicative Negative Masculine Form

masen
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
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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