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Why does that goose sit on her eggs?
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naze
adverb
  1. why; how
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ano
interjection
  1. say; well; um; er
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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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chou
counter
  1. counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding)
  2. counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant
  3. counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.
noun
  1. even number
  2. 109.09 m
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chou
numeric
  1. 10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion
noun
  1. sign; omen; indication; portent
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chou
noun
  1. book; register
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chou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. government office; agency; board
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chou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. dynasty
  2. reign
  3. period; epoch; age
  4. court
noun, noun, used as a prefix, noun, used as a suffix
  1. North Korea
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chou
noun
  1. guts; bowels; intestines
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chou
noun
  1. butterfly
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chou
prefix
  1. super-; ultra-; hyper-; extreme
  2. extremely; really; totally; absolutely
noun, used as a suffix
  1. over; more than (after a number or counter)
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chou
noun
  1. head; chief; leader; elder
  2. merit; strong point
  3. superiority
  4. major
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chou
noun
  1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood (esp. 町)
  2. downtown; main street
  3. street; road
  4. 109.09 m
  5. 0.99 hectares
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chou
noun
  1. pitch; tone; key
  2. time; tempo
noun, suffix
  1. mood; tendency; style
noun
  1. tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals (also 徴)
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chou
noun
  1. Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
suffix, counter
  1. counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
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chou
noun
  1. favor; favour; affection
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chou
noun
  1. furuncle; carbuncle
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chou
noun
  1. sign; indication; symptom
  2. call; summons
  3. requisition; expropriation
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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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tamago
noun
  1. eggs; egg; spawn; roe
  2. (hen's) egg (玉子 oft. used in cooking)
  3. (an expert) in the making
  4. beginning; origin; infancy
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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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ue
noun, no adjective, adverb, noun, used as a suffix
  1. above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
noun
  1. top; summit; head (e.g. of a staircase)
  2. surface
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. before; previous
noun, no adjective
  1. superiority; one's superior; one's elder
noun, adverb
  1. on top of that; besides; what's more; not only ... but (following a verb or adjective)
  2. upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after) (following a verb or noun)
  3. matters concerning ...; as concerns ...
  4. since (i.e. "for that reason") (as ～上は)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. honorable; venerable (suffix indicating higher social standing than the speaker)
  2. place of one's superior (e.g. the throne)
  3. emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo
  4. noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
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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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suwaru

te-form

suwatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to sit; to squat
  2. to assume (a position)
  3. to hold steady; to hold still (esp. 据わる, 据る)
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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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nodesu
expression
  1. the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ... (の and ん add emphasis)
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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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desuka
expression
  1. indicates question (at sentence-end)
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da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
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ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
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