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I could not buy the 3 sen stamp to put on the letter, so it ended up staying for many days on top of the tokonoma.
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Vocabulary list

tegami
noun
  1. letter; missive; note; mail
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
haru
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stick; to paste; to affix (esp. 貼る)
godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to form (e.g. ice on a pond)
godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to fill; to swell
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stick out; to put; to slap
  2. to post (a link, etc. online)
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be expensive
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become one tile away from completion
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to span; to generate
san
numeric
  1. three (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
  1. tri-
sen
noun
  1. sen (hundredth of a yen)
  2. coin made of non-precious materials
  3. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
  4. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
kitte
noun
  1. stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
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)
kau

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

kaenai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to buy; to purchase (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
  2. to value; to have a high opinion
  3. to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself
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.)
ikunichimo
adverb
  1. for many days
ikunichi
noun
  1. (for) how many days
  2. what day (of the month)
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
tokonoma
noun
  1. tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
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
ue
noun, no adjective, adverb, noun, used as a suffix
  1. above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
noun
  1. top; summit; head (e.g. of a staircase)
  2. surface
noun, no adjective, adverb
  1. before; previous
noun, no adjective
  1. superiority; one's superior; one's elder
noun, adverb
  1. on top of that; besides; what's more; not only ... but (following a verb or adjective)
  2. upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after) (following a verb or noun)
  3. matters concerning ...; as concerns ...
  4. since (i.e. "for that reason") (as ~上は)
noun, used as a suffix
  1. honorable; venerable (suffix indicating higher social standing than the speaker)
  2. place of one's superior (e.g. the throne)
  3. emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo
  4. noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)
nioite
expression
  1. in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
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
oku

te-form

oite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to put; to place
  2. to leave (behind)
  3. to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
  4. to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
  5. to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc.); to bear (in mind, etc.)
  6. to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
  7. to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
  8. to separate spatially or temporally
godan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to do something in advance (after the -te form of a verb)
  2. to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state (after the -te form of a verb)
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
youninaru

Plain Past Indicative Form

youninatta
expression, godan verb
  1. to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
youni
expression
  1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)
  2. hoping or wishing for something
you
noun, used as a suffix, noun
  1. appearing ...; looking ... (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. way to ...; method of ...ing (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb)
  3. form; style; design (usu. after a noun)
  4. like; similar to (usu. after a noun)
noun
  1. thing (thought or spoken)
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
naru

Plain Past Indicative Form

natta
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)

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