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I'm afraid this sounds like a demand, but could you return the money I lent you the other day?
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Vocabulary list

saisoku
noun, suru verb
  1. pressing; urging; demanding; demand
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)
masu

masu stem

mashi
godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
  1. to increase; to grow
masuru

masu stem

mashi
suru verb (special class), transitive verb
  1. to rub; to scrub; to scrape
  2. to draw near; to press
kyoushuku
noun, suru verb, na adjective
  1. feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed (sometimes used to prefix a request)
noun, suru verb
  1. shrinking back in fear
desuga
conjunction
  1. but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
da

Polite Present Indicative Form

desu
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)
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)
senjitsu
noun, adverb
  1. the other day; a few days ago
o
prefix
  1. honorific/polite/humble prefix (usu. before a term with a kun-yomi reading; おん is more formal)
kashi
noun
  1. loan; lending
  2. favor; favour; debt; obligation
  3. creditor; method of lending; credit side
suru

Plain Past Indicative Form

shita
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)
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.
kaesu

te-form

kaeshite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to return (something); to restore; to put back (esp. 返す)
  2. to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
  3. to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate (esp. 返す)
  4. to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back) (after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. to do again; to do repeatedly (after the -masu stem of a verb)
Suffix after the te form of a verb
iru

Plain Past Indicative Form

ita
ichidan verb, auxiliary verb
  1. to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing (after the -te form of a verb; indicates continuing action or state)
dake
particle
  1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone
  2. as much as; to the extent of; enough to
masenka
expression
  1. won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.) (used to ask a question in the negative)
  2. won't you (used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands)
maseru

Colloquial Present Indicative Negative Masculine Form

masen
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
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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