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No matter how many times I've been shown, I just can't learn how to tie a tie.
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nankai
noun
  1. how many times?
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nan
pronoun
  1. what
prefix
  1. how many (followed by a counter)
  2. many; a lot of (followed by (optional number), counter and も)
  3. several; a few; some (followed by a counter and か)
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kai
counter
  1. counter for occurrences
noun
  1. a time; an instance
  2. inning (baseball); round; game
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. episode; chapter; instalment
noun
  1. Hui (people)
  2. Islam
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oshieru

te-form

oshiete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to teach; to instruct
  2. to tell; to inform
  3. to preach
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morau

te-form

moratte
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to receive; to take; to accept
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to get somebody to do something (follows a verb in "-te" form)
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to have in one's pocket (a fight, match)
  2. to contract (a disease); to catch; to be affected
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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
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nekutai
noun
  1. tie; necktie
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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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shime
noun
  1. tie up; bind; fastening; tightening
  2. sum; total amount; total
  3. judo choking (strangling) techniques
  4. last meal eaten when going restaurant hopping
  5. completion; conclusion; rounding off
counter
  1. counter for bundles; counter for faggots; counter for bundles of 2000 sheets of paper
noun
  1. end mark; closure mark (esp. 〆)
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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)
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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.
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oboeru

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

oboerarenai

Passive Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

oboerarenai
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember
  2. to learn; to pick up; to acquire
  3. to feel
  4. to think; to regard
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