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The gift-giving custom dies hard.
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ochuugen
noun
  1. mid-year gift; summer gift
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o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
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chuugen
noun
  1. 15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival
  2. mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts
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ya
particle
  1. such things as ...; and ... and (used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place)
  2. the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as (after the dictionary form of a verb)
copula
  1. be; is
interjection
  1. o; oh (punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.)
  2. huh; what (interjection expressing surprise)
  3. hi
  4. yes; what?
particle
  1. yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? (indicates a question)
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oseibo
noun
  1. year-end gift
  2. end of the year; year end
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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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shuukan
noun
  1. habit
  2. (social) custom; practice; convention
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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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nakanaka
adverb, na adjective
  1. very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather
adverb
  1. by no means; not readily (with a verb in the negative)
noun
  1. middle; half-way point
no adjective
  1. excellent; wonderful; very good
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sutaru

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

sutarenai
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
godan verb
  1. to become lost (e.g. of dignity); to be sullied
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sutareru
sutareru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

sutarenai
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
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