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The Imari porcelain plate that my father cherished was quite heavy.
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sofu
noun, no adjective
  1. grandfather
  2. old man
  3. kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
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ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
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daijinisuru

te-form

daijinishite
expression, suru verb (irregular)
  1. to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
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daiji
na adjective
  1. important; serious; crucial
  2. valuable; precious
noun
  1. serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
  2. great undertaking; great enterprise; great thing
na adjective
  1. safe; OK (Tochigi dialect)
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nishite
expression
  1. only; just because
  2. although; even
  3. at (place, time); in (time span)
  4. and then; moreover; furthermore
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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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suru

te-form

shite
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
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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)
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imariyaki
noun
  1. Imari ware; Imari porcelain
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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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sara
noun
  1. plate; dish; platter; disc
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. serving; helping; course
noun
  1. kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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zusshiri
adverb, adverb taking the to particle, suru verb
  1. heavily; profoundly
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adverb taking the to particle
to
particle
  1. with
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omoi

Plain Past Indicative Form

omokatta
i adjective
  1. heavy; weighty
  2. heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
  3. slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
  4. important (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave
  5. serious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical
  6. solid; established; dignified; sensible
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