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Speak of angels and you hear their wings.
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Vocabulary list

uwasawosurebakagegasasu
expression
  1. speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear
uwasawosurebakage
expression
  1. speak of the devil
uwasa
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
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.
suru

Provisional Present Indicative Form

sureba
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
kagegasasu
expression, godan verb
  1. to cast a shadow; to appear
  2. to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
kage
noun
  1. shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
  2. reflection; image
  3. ominous sign
  4. light (stars, moon)
  5. trace; shadow (of one's former self)
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)
sasu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to shine
  2. to be visible
  3. to be tinged with
  4. to rise (of water levels); to flow in
  5. to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise
  2. to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance)
  3. to insert; to put in
  4. to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm
  5. to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm
  6. to pole (a boat)
  7. to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks)
  8. to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
  9. to light (a fire); to burn
  10. to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten
suffix, godan verb
  1. to stop in the midst of; to leave undone (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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