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It is nice of you to hold a door open for a lady.
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Vocabulary list

go
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with an on-yomi reading)
suffix
  1. honorific suffix (after a noun indicating a person)
fujin
noun
  1. woman; lady; adult female
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
tameni
conjunction
  1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
  2. because of; as a result of
tame
noun, adverb
  1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. consequence; result; effect
  4. affecting; regarding; concerning
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
doa
noun
  1. door (Western-style, car, 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.
osaeru

te-form

osaete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to pin down; to hold down; to press down (also written as 圧さえる)
  2. to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
  3. to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
  4. to grasp (a point); to comprehend
  5. to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain
akeru

te-form

akete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock
  2. to open (for business, etc.)
  3. to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room (esp. 空ける)
  4. to move out; to clear out (esp. 空ける)
  5. to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) (esp. 空ける)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to dawn; to grow light (esp. 明ける)
  2. to end (of a period, season) (esp. 明ける)
  3. to begin (of the New Year) (esp. 明ける)
  4. to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) (esp. 明ける)
  5. to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)
aku

Potential Plain te-form

akete
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to open (e.g. doors) (esp. 開く)
  2. to open (e.g. business, etc.) (esp. 開く)
  3. to be empty (esp. 空く)
  4. to be vacant; to be available; to be free (esp. 空く)
  5. to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) (esp. 明く)
  6. to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (esp. 明く)
  7. to come to an end (esp. 明く)
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (esp. 明く)
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
oku
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to do something in advance (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state (after the -te form of a verb)
nante
particle, adverb
  1. things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that (expresses disdain, dislike, astonishment, etc.)
kimi
pronoun
  1. you; buddy; pal (also used colloquially by young females)
noun
  1. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master (orig. meaning)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shinsetsu
na adjective, noun
  1. kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
da
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)
ne
particle
  1. right?; don't you think (at sentence end; indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.)
interjection
  1. hey; come on; listen

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