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Drake earns his living by working for the lawyer.
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do
prefix
  1. precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much (occ. written 度 (ateji))
  2. damn; stupid; cursed
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reeku
noun
  1. lake
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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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bengoshi
noun
  1. lawyer; attorney
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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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tameni
conjunction
  1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
  2. because of; as a result of
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tame
noun, adverb
  1. good; advantage; benefit; welfare
  2. sake; purpose; objective; aim
  3. consequence; result; effect
  4. affecting; regarding; concerning
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ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
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hataraku
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to work; to labor; to labour
  2. to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
  3. to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
  4. to be conjugated
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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)
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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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kurashiwotateru

te-form

kurashiwotatete
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to make a living
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kurashi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. life; living; livelihood; life circumstances (usu. ぐらし as a suffix)
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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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tateru

te-form

tatete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise (also written as 起てる)
  2. to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into
  3. to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause
  4. to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate
  5. to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader)
  6. to treat with respect; to give (someone) their due; to make (someone) look good; to avoid embarrassing (someone)
  7. to sharpen; to make clear
  8. to shut; to close
  9. to make tea (matcha); to perform the tea ceremony
  10. to divide by
suffix, ichidan verb
  1. to do ... vigorously (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
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