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Archeology is a science that studies the activities of human beings and their changes through the study of the traces left by them.
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Vocabulary list

koukogaku
noun, no adjective
  1. archaeology; archeology
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
jinrui
noun
  1. mankind; humanity
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)
nokosu

Plain Past Indicative Form

nokoshita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to leave (behind)
  2. to leave (undone); to not finish
  3. to save; to set aside; to reserve
  4. to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
  5. to stay (in the ring); to hold on
konseki
noun
  1. trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
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
kenkyuu
noun, suru verb
  1. study; research; investigation
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.
toosu

masu stem

tooshi
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stick through; to force through
  2. to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
  3. to make a path between two points
  4. to proceed in a logical manner
  5. to let pass; to allow through
  6. to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
  7. to go through (a middleman)
  8. to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
  9. to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)
  10. to force to accept; to force agreement
  11. to continue (in a state); to persist in
  12. to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...
  13. to do from beginning to end without a break (in the form とおして…する)
  14. to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party
  15. to do to the end; to carry through; to complete (after the -te form of a verb)
jinrui
noun
  1. mankind; humanity
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
katsudou
noun, suru verb
  1. activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action
noun
  1. movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
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)
sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
henka
noun, suru verb
  1. change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis
noun
  1. variety; diversity
noun, suru verb
  1. inflection; declension; conjugation
  2. sidestepping
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.
kenkyuu
noun, suru verb
  1. study; research; investigation
suru
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
gakumon
noun, suru verb
  1. scholarship; study; learning
noun
  1. discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
dearu
copula, godan verb (irregular)
  1. be; is
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
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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