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What does it matter how they bring up their own children?
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Vocabulary list

karera
pronoun
  1. they; them (usu. in ref. to males or a mixed-sex group)
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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)
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jibun
pronoun
  1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
  2. I; me
  3. you
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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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ko
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. child
  2. young (animal)
  3. young woman; young geisha (also 娘)
  4. offshoot
  5. interest
  6. new shares
noun
  1. player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)
noun, noun, used as a suffix
  1. bird egg
noun, used as a suffix
  1. -er (often of young women) (after a noun or -masu stem)
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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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dou
adverb
  1. how; in what way; how about
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sodateru

Plain Presumptive Form

sodateyou
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to raise; to rear; to bring up
  2. to train; to teach; to educate
  3. to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop
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to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
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doudemoii
expression, i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; trivial
expression
  1. whatever; whichever; I don't care
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dou
adverb
  1. how; in what way; how about
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demo
conjunction
  1. but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; also; as well
particle
  1. even
  2. however; no matter how; even if; even though
  3. ... or something
  4. either ... or ...; neither ... nor ... (as 〜でも〜でも)
prefix
  1. pseudo-; quack; in-name-only (before an occupation, etc.)
  2. for lack of anything better to do (before an occupation, etc.)
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ii
i adjective (yoi/ii)
  1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable (also written 良い, 好い and 善い)
  2. sufficient; enough; ready; prepared
  3. profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
  4. OK; all right; fine; no problem (as て(も)いい, と(も)いい, etc.; indicates permission or compromise)
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janaika
expression
  1. isn't it?
  2. let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...; shouldn't we ... (after volitional form of verb)
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janai
expression, i adjective (negative)
  1. is not; am not; are not (from ではない)
  2. isn't it?
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ja
conjunction
  1. then; well; so; well then (from では)
copula
  1. be; is
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naika
expression
  1. won't; hasn't; isn't; doesn't (used to ask a question in the negative)
  2. won't you (used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands)
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nai
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)
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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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