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Must I repaint the wall?
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Vocabulary list

kabe
noun
  1. wall; partition
  2. barrier; obstacle (figuratively)
  3. Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
nurikaeru
nurikaeru

Provisional Present Indicative Negative Form

nurikaenakereba
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to repaint; to paint again
  2. to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake
nuri
nuri
noun
  1. coating (esp. lacquering)
kaeru

Provisional Present Indicative Negative Form

kaenakereba
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to replace (usu. 替える)
  2. to exchange; to interchange (usu. 換える)
  3. to substitute (usu. 代える)
naru

Polite Present Indicative Negative Form

narimasen
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
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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