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Of all things, why did he give me a hat for my birthday? I don't wear a hat.
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Vocabulary list

kotomoarouni
expression
  1. of all things (days, etc.)
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)
mo
particle
  1. too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence)
  2. both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence) (as AもBも)
  3. even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than (used for emphasis or to express absence of doubt regarding a quantity, etc.)
  4. even if; even though; although; in spite of (often as 〜ても, 〜でも, 〜とも, etc.)
adverb
  1. further; more; again; another; the other
aru

Plain Presumptive Form

arou
godan verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be; to exist; to live (usu. of inanimate objects)
  2. to have
  3. to be located
  4. to be equipped with
  5. to happen; to come about
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
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
tanjoubi
noun
  1. birthday
tanjou
noun, suru verb
  1. birth; creation; formation
hi
noun
  1. day; days
  2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
  3. (the) day; daytime; daylight
  4. date; deadline
  5. (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood)
  6. case (esp. unfortunate); event (as 〜した日には, 〜と来た日には, etc.)
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
boushi
noun
  1. hat; cap
nanka
particle, adverb
  1. something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ... (oft. scornful or dismissive)
kureru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kureta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to give; to let (one) have (the receiver is the speaker or someone close to the speaker)
  2. to give (often as くれてやる; shows mild disdain for the receiver)
auxiliary verb, ichidan verb
  1. to do for one; to take the trouble to do (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to do to someone's disadvantage (after the -te form of a verb)
kuru

Potential Plain Past Indicative Form

kureta
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
  2. to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain
  3. to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
n
noun, used as a prefix
  1. some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
da

Plain Presumptive Form

darou
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
boushi
noun
  1. hat; cap
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.
kaburu

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

kaburanai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)
  2. to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water
  3. to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)
  4. to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
  5. to be similar; to be redundant
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.) (of film)
  2. to close; to come to an end (of a play, etc.)
  3. to get a full house; to sell out (of a play, etc.)
  4. to blunder; to bungle; to fail (of a play, etc.)
  5. to be deceived
noni
particle
  1. although; despite; even though; and yet
  2. whereas; while
  3. if only; I wish
  4. in order to

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