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"Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again?" "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."
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iinchou
noun
  1. (committee) chairman; president
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iin
noun
  1. committee member
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chou
noun
  1. head; chief; leader; elder
  2. merit; strong point
  3. superiority
  4. major
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ato
noun, no adjective
  1. behind; rear
  2. after; later
  3. remainder; the rest
noun, adverb
  1. more (e.g. five more minutes); left
  2. also; in addition
noun, no adjective
  1. descendant; successor; heir
  2. after one's death
  3. past; previous
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ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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nani
pronoun
  1. what
  2. you-know-what; that thing
  3. whatsit; whachamacallit; what's-his-name; what's-her-name
adverb
  1. (not) at all; (not) in the slightest (with neg. sentence)
interjection
  1. what?; huh? (indicates surprise)
  2. hey! (indicates anger or irritability)
  3. oh, no (it's fine); why (it's nothing); oh (certainly not) (used to dismiss someone's worries, concerns, etc.)
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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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hakobu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to carry; to transport; to move; to convey
godan verb
  1. to come; to go (usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc.)
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress
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nda
expression
  1. the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ... (の and ん add emphasis)
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n
auxiliary verb
  1. probably (after a -nai stem)
  2. will; intend to
  3. would like to have done (for me)
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dakke
expression
  1. was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; if I'm not mistaken; remind me; tell me again (used when trying to recall something or to ask for confirmation)
  2. (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ... (expresses nostalgic recollection)
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da
copula
  1. be; is (plain copula)
auxiliary verb
  1. did; (have) done (た after certain verb forms; indicates past or completed action)
  2. please; do (indicates light imperative)
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kke
particle
  1. particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
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tokutenban
noun
  1. score board; scoring board
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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)
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oodama
noun
  1. large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
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mou
adverb
  1. now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
  2. already; yet; by now; (not) anymore
  3. further; more; again; another; the other
interjection
  1. tsk; dammit; jeez; come on; what the hell (used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation))
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ikko
noun
  1. piece; fragment; one (object)
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ichi
numeric, prefix
  1. one (壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents)
no adjective, suffix
  1. best
no adjective
  1. first; foremost
noun
  1. beginning; start
noun, used as a prefix
  1. a (single); one (of many) (before a noun)
noun
  1. ace (playing card)
  2. bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
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ko
counter
  1. counter for articles
  2. counter for military units (usu. 個)
  3. individual
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tsunahiki
noun
  1. tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
  2. forward puller (of a rickshaw)
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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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tsuna
noun
  1. rope; cord; line
  2. grand champion's braided belt
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