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A traffic policeman signals directions to drivers by waving his hands and arms.
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koutsuuseiri
noun
  1. traffic control
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koutsuu
noun, suru verb
  1. traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
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seiri
noun, suru verb
  1. sorting; arrangement; organization; putting in order; adjustment; regulation
  2. liquidation; settlement; consolidation; clearance (e.g. debt); paying off
  3. retrenchment; curtailment; cutting down; disposal
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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
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keikan
noun
  1. police officer; policeman; constable
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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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te
noun
  1. hand; arm (occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
  2. forepaw; foreleg
  3. handle
  4. hand; worker; help
  5. trouble; care; effort
  6. means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
  7. hand; handwriting
  8. kind; type; sort
  9. one's hands; one's possession
  10. ability to cope
  11. hand (of cards)
  12. direction
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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ya
particle
  1. such things as ...; and ... and (used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place)
  2. the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as (after the dictionary form of a verb)
copula
  1. be; is
interjection
  1. o; oh (punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.)
  2. huh; what (interjection expressing surprise)
  3. hi
  4. yes; what?
particle
  1. yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? (indicates a question)
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ude
noun
  1. arm
  2. skill; efforts; ability
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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.
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furu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to wave; to shake; to swing
  2. to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
  3. to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
  4. to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
  5. to abandon; to give up; to ruin
  6. to add kana indicating a reading of a word
  7. to slightly change headings; to change directions
  8. to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
  9. to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
  10. to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
  11. to replace; to substitute
  12. to set up a joke for somebody else
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koto
noun
  1. thing; matter
  2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis
  3. circumstances; situation; state of affairs
  4. work; business; affair
  5. after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to
noun, used as a suffix
  1. nominalizing suffix
  2. pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
noun
  1. alias; also known as; otherwise known as; or (as AことB (A = alias, B = real name))
  2. necessity; need (as 〜ことはない)
  3. you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ... (as 〜ことだ)
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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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untenshu
noun
  1. driver; chauffeur
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unten
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run
  2. driving
  3. working (capital, etc.)
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te
noun
  1. hand; arm (occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
  2. forepaw; foreleg
  3. handle
  4. hand; worker; help
  5. trouble; care; effort
  6. means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
  7. hand; handwriting
  8. kind; type; sort
  9. one's hands; one's possession
  10. ability to cope
  11. hand (of cards)
  12. direction
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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tachi
suffix
  1. pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
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ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
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houkou
noun
  1. direction; orientation; bearing; way
  2. course (e.g. of action)
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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.
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tsutau

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

tsutaeru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to go along; to walk along; to follow
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tsutaeru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
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