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Deep water fish never see the light and live all their lives from the scraps that come from above.
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shinkaigyo
noun
  1. deep-sea fish
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
akari
noun
  1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
  2. lamp; light
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.
miru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
  2. to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge
  3. to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on
  4. to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.)
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to see (that) ...; to find (that) ... (as 〜てみると, 〜てみたら, 〜てみれば, etc.)
kotohanai

te-form

kotohanakute
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. there is no need to ...
  2. never happens; there is never a time when
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nai

te-form

nakute
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
isshou
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era
no adjective
  1. (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
jou
noun, used as a suffix
  1. from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); in the field of; being of the type of
  2. aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; on; above
noun
  1. first volume (e.g. book)
noun, prefix
  1. superior quality; best; top; high class
  2. going up
  3. governmental; imperial
  4. presenting; showing
prefix
  1. ana-
kara
particle
  1. from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since
  2. from (originator); by
  3. because; since (follows verbs, adjectives)
  4. out of (constituent, part)
  5. through (e.g. window, vestibule)
  6. after; since (following the te-form of a verb)
  7. expresses sympathy or warning
kuru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kita
kuru verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
kuru verb, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to come back; to do ... and come back (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue (after the -te form of a verb)
kuru verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
  2. to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
koboreru

masu stem

kobore
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to spill; to fall out of; to overflow
  2. to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)
  3. to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
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.
kuu

masu stem

kui
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to eat
  2. to live; to make a living; to survive
  3. to bite; to sting (as insects do)
  4. to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
  5. to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
  6. to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
  7. to consume time and-or resources
  8. to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event)
  9. to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time
tsuduku

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

tsudukeru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to continue; to last; to go on
  2. to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
  3. to occur again and again
  4. to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
  5. to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
  6. to hold out; to keep; to last

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