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Why don't you polish the shoes with this cloth?
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kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
  3. you (as in "you liar") (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
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nuno
noun
  1. cloth
  2. bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
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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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kutsuwomigaku

te-form

kutsuwomigaite
expression, godan verb
  1. to polish one's shoes; to clean your shoes
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kutsu
noun
  1. shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
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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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migaku

te-form

migaite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to grind (e.g. lens)
  2. to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
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Suffix after the te form of a verb
gorannasai
auxiliary verb
  1. (please) try to do (after the -te form of a verb)
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Suffix after the te form of a verb
goran
interjection
  1. (please) try to (after the -te form of a verb)
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nasaru

Imperative Plain Present Indicative Form

nasai
godan verb (aru), transitive verb
  1. to do
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