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The quality of rice is going down.
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okome
noun
  1. (husked grains of) rice
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o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
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kome
noun
  1. (husked grains of) rice
  2. staple (product, etc.); necessity
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no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
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shitsu
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. quality; value
noun
  1. nature; inherent quality; character
  2. logical quality
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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sagaru

masu stem

sagari
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower
  2. to hang; to dangle
  3. to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire
  4. to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded
  5. to get closer to the present day
  6. to go south (in Kyoto)
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tsutsuaru
suffix, godan verb (irregular)
  1. to be doing; to be in the process of doing (with -masu stem)
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Suffix after the masu stem of a verb
tsutsu
particle
  1. while (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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aru
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
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