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Bill often fails to keep his word.
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biru
noun
  1. multi-floor building; multi-storey building
  2. bill
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
yakusokuwomamoru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

yakusokuwomamoranai
expression, godan verb
  1. to keep a promise; to keep one's word
yakusoku
noun, suru verb
  1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date
  2. convention; rule
  3. destiny; fate
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.
mamoru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

mamoranai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to protect; to guard; to defend
  2. to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
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
hou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. information; news; report
noun
  1. reward; retribution
hou
noun
  1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.)
  3. type; category
  4. field (of study, etc.)
  5. indicates one side of a comparison
  6. way; method; manner; means
  7. length (of each side of a square)
hou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. law; act; principle
  2. method
  3. mood
  4. dharma; law
hou
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
hou
noun
  1. feng (male Chinese firebird)
hou
noun
  1. point (of a sword, etc.)
  2. pointed verbal attack
hou
noun
  1. round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court
hou
noun
  1. peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish)
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)
ooi
i adjective
  1. many; numerous; a lot
  2. large amount of; large quantity of; a lot; much
  3. frequent; common
ooi
ooi
prefix
  1. greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior (also written as 正)
noun, na adjective
  1. a great deal; very much

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