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Furigana Show|Add to ▼ Source 西の魔女が死んだ - P134
Despite the fact that Mai had prepared herself, she was reluctant to do it.
ものの
① ある事柄や状態の存在または成立をいちおう認めながらも、それに対立する、または、それにそぐわない事柄や状態が成立するというとき、前後の文を続けるのに用いる。…ものではあるけれど。…であるにもかかわらず。けれども。 「道具を買うには買った-、使い方がわからない」 「痛みはとれた-、はれがまだひかない」 「苦しい-、楽しさもあるさ」 「あはれとおぼしぬべき人のけはひなれば、つれなくねたき-、忘れがたきに思す/源氏 夕顔」 「一日一日とかうしてはゐる-、よくよく思ふとまだ老先のあるてめえが…/人情本・当世虎之巻後編」
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Vocabulary list

mai
proper noun
  1. Mai
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kakugowokimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kakugowokimeta
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
kakugo
noun, suru verb
  1. readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
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.
kimeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kimeta
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
  2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
  3. to persist in doing; to go through with
  4. to always do; to have made a habit of (as 決めている)
  5. to take for granted; to assume
  6. to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
  7. to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
  8. to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)
  9. to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
monono
particle, conjunction
  1. although; though; despite the fact that ...
kigaomoi

Plain Past Indicative Form

kigaomokatta
expression, i adjective
  1. depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
ki
noun
  1. spirit; mind; heart
  2. nature; disposition
  3. motivation; intention (usu. after a verb)
  4. mood; feelings
  5. ambience; atmosphere; mood
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)
omoi

Plain Past Indicative Form

omokatta
i adjective
  1. heavy; weighty
  2. heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
  3. slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
  4. important (position, responsibility, etc.); serious; grave
  5. serious (punishment, illness, etc.); severe; critical
  6. solid; established; dignified; sensible

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