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Can you build a fire with twigs?
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koeru

masu stem

koe
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to grow fat; to gain weight; to put on weight
  2. to grow fertile (of soil)
  3. to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear)
  4. to become rich; to become successful
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koeru
koeru

masu stem

koe
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past (esp. 越える)
  2. to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than) (esp. 超える)
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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)
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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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hi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. fire; flame; blaze
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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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okosu

Potential Polite Present Indicative Form

okosemasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up
  2. to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
  3. to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce
  4. to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open
  5. to plough; to plow; to till
  6. to fall ill with
  7. to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken)
  8. to turn over (a card)
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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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