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These scissors do not cut 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)
hasami
noun
  1. scissors; shears; clippers
  2. hole punch
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
yoi

Adverbial Form

yoku
i adjective
  1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (also いい (all senses))
  2. sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. OK; all right; fine; no problem (as て(も)良い, と(も)良い, etc.; indicates permission or compromise)
kiru

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

kirenai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
  2. to sever (connections, ties)
  3. to turn off (e.g. the light)
  4. to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to disconnect
  5. to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
  6. to open (something sealed)
  7. to start
  8. to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
  9. to reduce; to decrease; to discount
  10. to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
  11. to cross; to traverse
  12. to criticize sharply
  13. to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
  14. to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
  15. to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
  16. to shuffle (cards)
  17. to discard a tile
  18. to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expulse; to excommunicate
  19. to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
  20. to trump
  21. to cut (the connection between two groups) (in go)
  22. to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone) (also written as 鑽る)
  23. to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to finish; to complete (after the -masu stem of a verb)
kireru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

kirenai
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
  2. to be injured
  3. to wear out; to be worn out
  4. to break; to burst; to collapse
  5. to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
  6. to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
  7. to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
  8. to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
  9. to cut well; to be sharp
  10. to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
  11. to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
  12. to dry off
  13. to curve; to veer
  14. to shuffle (cards)
  15. to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to be able to do completely (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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