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〜まいとする
〜まいとする — Try not to do something; attempt to refrain from doing something (expresses conscious effort to avoid an action)
Read →〜ずにはいられない
〜ずにはいられない — Cannot help but be (a certain state); unable to refrain from being (expresses an uncontrollable state of being)
Read →〜ようか〜まいか
〜ようか〜まいか — Whether to do something or not; debating whether to do something (expresses hesitation or indecision)
Read →〜まい
〜まい — Will not do something; intend not to do something (expresses strong negative intention or negative conjecture)
Read →〜ずにはいられない
〜ずにはいられない — Cannot help but do something; unable to refrain from doing something (expresses an uncontrollable urge or emotion)
Read →〜がちの + Noun
〜がちの + Noun — A noun that is prone to...; a noun that tends to... (used to modify a noun with a tendency)
Read →Grammar lessons
かきますか
かきますか — Do you write? (question)
Read →ききます
ききます — to listen (polite present/future)
Read →かきます
かきます — to write (polite present/future)
Read →お
お — The sound 'o' as in 'orange'.
Read →え
え — The sound 'e' as in 'red'.
Read →う
う — The sound 'u' as in 'flute'.
Read →い
い — The sound 'i' as in 'machine'.
Read →あ
あ — The sound 'a' as in 'father'.
Read →～ようびに
～ようびに — On [day] (for indicating when an event occurs)
Read →きのうは～でした
きのうは～でした — Yesterday was [day].
Read →あしたは～です
あしたは～です — Tomorrow is [day].
Read →きょうは～です
きょうは～です — Today is [day].
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