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Push the green button, and the light goes on.
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Vocabulary list

midori
no adjective, noun
  1. green
noun
  1. greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
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
botan
noun
  1. button (clothing)
  2. push-button
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.
osu

te-form

oshite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to push; to press
  2. to apply pressure from above; to press down
  3. to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal
  4. to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
  5. to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel; to influence
  6. to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
  7. to push (events along); to advance (a plan)
  8. to do in spite of ...; to do even though ...; to force
  9. to make sure
  10. to be pressed for time
  11. to advance troops; to attack
  12. (of light) to be diffused across an entire surface
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-)
suruto
conjunction
  1. thereupon; hereupon
akari
noun
  1. light; illumination; glow; gleam
  2. lamp; light
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)
tsuku

Polite Present Indicative Form

tsukimasu
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted
  2. to catch fire

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