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With this as background I turn now to an account of the present state of evolutionary biology.
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kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
  3. you (as in "you liar") (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
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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)
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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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haikei
noun
  1. background; scenery; backdrop; setting
  2. background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; context
  3. backing; support (from behind the scenes)
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chishiki
noun
  1. knowledge; information
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toshite
expression
  1. as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
  2. apart from... (used to change the topic)
  3. even (e.g. "not even a single person") (before a negative form)
  4. thinking that...; trying to... (after a volitional form)
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tosuru

te-form

toshite
expression, suru verb (irregular)
  1. to try to ...; to be about to do ... (after the volitional form of verb)
  2. to decide to ... (after the dictionary form of verb)
  3. to take as; to treat as; to regard as
  4. to use for
  5. to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume
  6. to decide that; to think that
  7. to make into; to change into
  8. to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like
  9. to intend; to have the intention (with を目的)
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koko
pronoun
  1. here; this place
  2. this point; here; now
  3. these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ... (followed by a duration noun)
  4. the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ... (followed by a duration noun)
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de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
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shinkaron
noun
  1. evolutionary theory; theory of evolution
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shinka
noun, suru verb
  1. evolution; progress
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ron
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. argument; discussion; dispute; controversy; discourse; debate
  2. theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine
  3. essay; treatise; comment
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seibutsugaku
noun
  1. biology
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seibutsu
noun
  1. living thing; organism; creature; life
  2. biology
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gaku
noun
  1. learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
noun, used as a suffix
  1. study of ...; -ology; -ics
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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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genjou
noun, no adjective
  1. present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
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nitsuite
expression
  1. concerning; regarding
  2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
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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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kousatsu
noun, suru verb
  1. consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
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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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utsuru

Plain Presumptive Form

utsurou
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to move (house); to transfer (department)
  2. to change the target of interest or concern
  3. to elapse (passage of time)
  4. to be permeated by a colour or scent
  5. to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire)
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