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The reduced price of luxury goods is just window dressing to make the new consumption tax look better.
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kougaku
na adjective, no adjective, noun
  1. large sum (money)
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hin
noun
  1. elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity
suffix
  1. article; item
suffix, counter
  1. counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant) (sometimes pronounced ぴん)
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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
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nesage
noun, suru verb
  1. cut in price
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nado
particle
  1. et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
  2. or something (after an approximate quote or vague suggestion)
  3. the likes of (lessening the significance or value of the previous word)
  4. for example; for instance; for one
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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)
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kireigoto
noun
  1. whitewashing; glossing over; lip service
  2. deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches (original meaning)
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kirei
na adjective
  1. pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair
  2. clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat
  3. completely; entirely (as きれいに)
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goto
suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
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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.
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iku

te-form

itte
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
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mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as ＡもＢも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
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kekkyokunotokoro
expression, adverb
  1. in the end; at the end of the day
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kekkyoku
adverb
  1. after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually
noun, no adjective
  1. conclusion; end
noun
  1. end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
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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
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tokoro
noun, adverb, suffix
  1. place; spot; scene; site (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
noun, suffix
  1. address
  2. district; area; locality
  3. one's house
  4. point; aspect; side; facet
  5. passage (in text); part
  6. space; room
  7. thing; matter
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
  2. about to; on the verge of (after present form of a verb)
  3. was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing (after past form of a verb)
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shin
prefix
  1. new; neo-
noun
  1. newness; novelty
  2. Gregorian calendar
  3. Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE); Hsin dynasty
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shouhizei
noun
  1. consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
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shouhi
noun, suru verb
  1. consumption; expenditure
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zei
noun, suffix
  1. tax
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he
particle
  1. to; towards; for (indicates direction or goal; pronounced え in modern Japanese)
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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
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kazeatari
noun
  1. exposure to wind
  2. severe criticism
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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.
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yawaragu

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

yawarageru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
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koujitsu
noun
  1. excuse; pretext
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nisuginai
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
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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
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sugiru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

suginai
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
  2. to pass (of time); to elapse
  3. to have expired; to have ended; to be over
  4. to exceed; to surpass; to be above
  5. to be no more than ... (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, suffix
  1. to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... (often used after adj. stems or the -masu stems of verbs)
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