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We must do away with these old rules.
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watashitachi
pronoun
  1. we; us
watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
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
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 old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date
kimarigoto
noun
  1. rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
kimaru

masu stem

kimari
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed; to be arranged
  2. to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be fixed; to be set (as 決まっている or 決まった)
  3. to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be a convention; to be a custom; to be common knowledge (as ...と決まっている)
  4. to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.); to go well; to succeed; to connect (of a punch)
  5. to look good (of clothing); to look sharp; to be stylish; to suit one; to be held in place (of a hairdo)
  6. to be struck and held (of a pose in kabuki)
goto
suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
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.
haijo
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
suru

Provisional Present Indicative Negative Form

shinakereba
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)
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.)

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