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Tides are caused by the moon's gravity.
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Vocabulary list

shio
noun
  1. tide; current
  2. sea water
  3. opportunity; chance
  4. thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
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
michihi
noun
  1. ebb and flow
michiru

masu stem

michi
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be full
  2. to wax (e.g. moon)
  3. to rise (e.g. tide)
  4. to mature; to expire
hiru

masu stem

hi
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to dry
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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
inryoku
noun
  1. attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull
  2. attractiveness; magnetism
niyotte
expression
  1. according to; by (means of); due to; because of
niyoru

te-form

niyotte
expression, godan verb
  1. by means of; due to; because of; according to
okoru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to occur; to happen

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