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Someone is tapping at the door.
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dareka
pronoun
  1. someone; somebody
dare
pronoun
  1. who (だあれ is emphatic or inquisitive)
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
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)
doa
noun
  1. door (Western-style, car, etc.)
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.
kotsukotsu
adverb taking the to particle, adverb
  1. unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; laboriously
  2. knocking; tapping; clicking; drumming
adverb taking the to particle
to
particle
  1. with
tataku

te-form

tataite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
  2. to play drums
  3. to abuse; to bash; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult
  4. to consult; to sound out
  5. to brag; to talk big
  6. to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
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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