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The pupils of our eyes contract in sunlight.
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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)
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
hitomi
noun
  1. slit in the curtains that allows someone on stage to see the audience (in kabuki theatre)
  2. public eye; feeling of being watched; casual observers
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
hi
noun
  1. day; days
  2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
  3. (the) day; daytime; daylight
  4. date; deadline
  5. (past) days; time (e.g. of one's childhood)
  6. case (esp. unfortunate); event (as 〜した日には, 〜と来た日には, etc.)
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
ataru
ataru
ataru
ataru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be hit; to strike
  2. to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
  3. to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
  4. to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
  5. to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
  6. to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
  7. to face; to confront
  8. to lie (in the direction of)
  9. to undertake; to be assigned
  10. to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
  11. to be called on (e.g. by a teacher)
  12. to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
  13. to be unnecessary (as 〜するには当たらない, etc.)
  14. to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak (usu. as 当たっている)
  15. to feel a bite (in fishing)
  16. (of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
  2. to shave
  3. to be a relative of a person; to be a ... in relation to ...; to stand in a relationship (as 〜の〜に当たる)
tokorodeha
expression
  1. so far as
Suffix after the dictionary form of a verb
tokorode
conjunction
  1. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how) (after the plain past form of a verb)
Suffix after the dictionary form of a verb
tokoro
noun
  1. whereupon; as a result (after the plain past form of a verb)
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.)
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shuushuku
noun, suru verb
  1. deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
suru
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)

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