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I can't afford to buy a new bike, so I'll have to manage with this old one.
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Vocabulary list

atarashii
i adjective
  1. new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
baiku
noun
  1. motorcycle; motorbike (not usu. bicycle)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kau

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

kaenai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to buy; to purchase (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
  2. to value; to have a high opinion
  3. to stir; to provoke; to draw upon oneself
node
particle
  1. that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
kono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
  2. last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this (in ref. to a stretch of time or date)
  3. you (as in "you liar") (emphatic, accusatory, insulting)
furui
i adjective
  1. old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn (of things, not people)
  2. long; since long ago; time-honored
  3. of the distant past; long-ago
  4. stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
  5. old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
yatsu
pronoun
  1. fellow; guy; chap
  2. thing; object
  3. he; she; him; her (derogatory or familiar)
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.)
nantoka
expression
  1. something; something or other; so-and-so
adverb, suru verb
  1. somehow; anyhow; one way or another (handling, dealing with)
maniau

Causative Plain Negative te-form

maniawasenakute
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be in time (for)
  2. to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough; to manage; to make do
maniawaseru

Negative te-form

maniawasenakute
ichidan verb
  1. to make do with; to manage with; to make shift
  2. to get (something) done in time; to have ready (by)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
naru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

naranai
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
da

Plain Presumptive Form

darou
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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