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Can you build a fire with twigs?
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ko
prefix
  1. small; little; slight
  2. slightly less than; just about
  3. somewhat; somehow
  4. minor; petty (sometimes derogatory)
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o
prefix
  1. small; narrow
  2. familiar prefix
  3. slightly; a bit
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sasa
saza
prefix
  1. small; little
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sa
prefix
  1. narrow; thin
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eda
noun
  1. branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
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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.)
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hi
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. fire; flame; blaze
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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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okosu

Potential Polite Present Indicative Form

okosemasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to revive; to promote; to make prosperous
  2. to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up; to launch; to commence
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okosu

Potential Polite Present Indicative Form

okosemasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to build (a fire); to make; to start; to light
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ka
particle
  1. yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? (used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical))
  2. or; whether or not (after each alternative)
  3. some- (e.g. something, someone) (after an interrogative)
  4. hmm; huh (indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles)
prefix
  1. very (emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective)
suffix
  1. -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y (suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word)
adverb
  1. in that way
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