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You'll need to find cheaper, alternative ingredients even though you're basing your recipe on your grandmother's.
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obaachan
noun
  1. granny; grandma; gran
  2. old lady; old woman
o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
baachan
noun
  1. granny; grandma; gran
  2. old lady; old woman
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
reshipi
noun
  1. recipe
  2. prescription (medical)
  3. how-to guide (e.g. crafts)
nishitagatte
expression
  1. in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, 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
shitagau

te-form

shitagatte
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to
  2. to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with
  3. to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
  4. to serve (as); to engage in (work)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
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
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
wakaru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow
  2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out
interjection
  1. I know!; I think so too!
kedo
conjunction, particle
  1. but; however; although
motto
adverb
  1. (some) more; even more; longer; further
yasui
i adjective
  1. cheap; inexpensive
  2. calm; peaceful; quiet
zairyou
noun
  1. ingredients; material
  2. material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; data
  3. basis (for a decision); grounds; evidence
  4. (market) factor
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.
sagasu

Provisional Present Indicative Negative Colloquial Form

sagasanakya
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek (esp. 探す for something desired and 捜す for something lost)
  2. to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer); to fish around
iku

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

ikenai
godan verb (iku/yuku), intransitive verb
  1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach
  2. to proceed; to take place (い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
  3. to pass through; to come and go
  4. to walk
  5. to die; to pass away
  6. to do (in a specific way)
  7. to stream; to flow
godan verb (iku/yuku), auxiliary verb
  1. to continue (after the -te form of a verb)
godan verb (iku/yuku), intransitive verb
  1. to have an orgasm; to come; to cum
  2. to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
ikeru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

ikenai
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be good (at); to go well (from 行ける)
  2. to look (taste, etc.) good
  3. to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
yo
particle
  1. hey; you (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.)
  2. hey (after a noun; used when calling out to someone)
  3. hey; hold on (in mid-sentence; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention)
interjection
  1. yo; hey

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