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I can speak Chinese, but I can't read Chinese.
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chuugokugo
noun
  1. Chinese (language)
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chuugoku
noun
  1. China
  2. Chūgoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures)
  3. central part of a country; main region
  4. province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
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go
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. language
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. word
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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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hanasu

Potential Polite Present Indicative Form

hanasemasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
  2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
  3. to speak (a language)
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hanaseru

Polite Present Indicative Form

hanasemasu
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able to speak; to be able to talk
  2. to be understanding; to be sensible
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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)
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yomu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to read
  2. to count (now mostly used in idioms)
  3. to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine
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koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
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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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dekiru

Polite Present Indicative Negative Form

dekimasen
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
  2. to be ready; to be completed
  3. to be made; to be built
  4. to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
  5. to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
  6. to grow; to be raised
  7. to become pregnant
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