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I'm ashamed to tell such a muddled story in this dreary, rainy season, but please bear with me for a while.
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Vocabulary list

uttoushii
i adjective
  1. gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing
  2. irritating; troublesome
  3. heavy (weather); cloudy
baiuki
noun
  1. rainy season
baiu
noun
  1. rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July)
  2. rain during the rainy season
ki
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. period; time
noun
  1. opportunity; chance; occasion
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. age
noun, used as a suffix
  1. term (e.g. in office)
  2. session (e.g. of parliament)
  3. stage (e.g. of a disease)
  4. season (e.g. of a TV series)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
sukkiri
adverb, adverb taking the to particle, suru verb
  1. refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder
  2. shapely; neatly; refinedly
  3. cleanly; without trouble
  4. clearly; plainly; distinctly
  5. completely; thoroughly
  6. not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly
suru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

shinai
suru verb (irregular)
  1. to do; to carry out; to perform
  2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  3. to serve as; to act as; to work as
  4. to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  5. to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as (as 〜にする,〜とする)
  6. to decide on; to choose (as 〜にする)
suru verb (irregular), intransitive verb
  1. to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) (as 〜がする)
  2. to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  3. to be worth; to cost
  4. to pass (of time); to elapse
suru verb (irregular), transitive verb
  1. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B (as AをBにする)
  2. to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B (as AをBにする)
  3. to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B (as AをBにする)
  4. to feel A about B (as AをBにする)
suffix, suru verb (irregular)
  1. verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
auxiliary verb, suru verb (irregular)
  1. creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
  2. to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to (as 〜うとする,〜ようとする)
hanashi
noun
  1. talk; speech; chat; conversation
  2. topic; subject
  3. discussions; negotiation; argument
  4. rumor; talk; hearsay
  5. tale; story; fable
  6. circumstances; particulars
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
kyoushuku
noun, suru verb, na adjective
  1. feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed (sometimes used to prefix a request)
noun, suru verb
  1. shrinking back in fear
desuga
conjunction
  1. but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
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)
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)
sukoshi
adverb, noun
  1. small quantity; little; few; something
  2. little while
  3. short distance
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
ma
noun
  1. time; pause
  2. space
  3. room
otsukiai
noun
  1. association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
tsukiai
noun
  1. association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
kudasai
expression
  1. please (give me)
  2. please (do for me) (after te-form of a verb or a noun prefixed with o- or go-)

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