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Americans pay both federal taxes and state taxes.
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amerikajin
noun
  1. American person
amerika
noun
  1. America
  2. United States of America
jin
suffix
  1. -ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite) (indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.)
  2. -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ... (indicates expertise (in a certain field))
  3. man; person; people (usu. in compound words)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
renpou
noun, no adjective
  1. commonwealth; federation of states; confederation; union
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
shuuzei
noun
  1. state tax
shuu
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); canton (e.g. Switzerland); oblast (e.g. Russia); department (e.g. ancient China)
  2. continent
suffix
  1. dear (after someone's name)
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
ryouhou
noun, no adjective
  1. both; both sides; both parties
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.
harau

te-form

haratte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pay (e.g. money, bill)
  2. to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
  3. to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
  4. to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
  5. to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
  6. to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
  7. to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
  8. to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
  9. to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
  10. to reset (an abacus)
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)

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