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This lighter won't catch.
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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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raitaa
noun
  1. lighter
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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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higatsuku

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

higatsukanai
godan verb
  1. to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
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hi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. fire; flame; blaze
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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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tsuku

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

tsukanai
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted
  2. to catch fire
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