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Please tell me why you don't eat meat.
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Vocabulary list

anatagata
pronoun
  1. you (plural)
anata
pronoun
  1. you (trad. polite in ref. to someone of equal or lower status, now oft. regarded as rude or distant)
  2. dear; honey (used by wives addressing their husbands)
kata
noun
  1. direction; way (also ほう)
  2. person; lady; gentleman
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. method of; manner of; way of
noun, used as a suffix
  1. care of ...
  2. person in charge of ... (also がた)
  3. side (e.g. "on my mother's side") (also がた)
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)
niku
noun
  1. flesh
  2. meat
  3. the physical body (as opposed to the spirit)
  4. thickness
  5. ink pad
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.
taberu

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

tabenai
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to eat
  2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
riyuu
noun
  1. reason; pretext; motive
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.
douzo
adverb
  1. please; kindly; I beg of you
  2. by all means; feel free; you are welcome
  3. here you are (previously written as 何卒)
oshieru

te-form

oshiete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to teach; to instruct
  2. to tell; to inform
  3. to preach
kudasai
expression
  1. please (give me)
  2. please (do for me) (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-)

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