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This metal burnishes well.
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Vocabulary list

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)
kinzoku
noun
  1. metal
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
migaku
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
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
tsuya
noun
  1. gloss; luster; lustre; shine; sheen; polish
  2. mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin)
  3. interest; appeal; charm; color; colour; feeling
  4. romance; love; sexiness
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)
deru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (from ..て or で plus いる; indicates continuing action or state)

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