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An, アン, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). v.i. To be. There is.

An, アン, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). adj. and adv. One. One of a pair. Quite. Entirely. Contracted from ara.

An, アン, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). part. Sometimes used as a superlative or intensifying particle. As:—Aneongami an-eyaiirage, “to respect and thank profundly.”

An, アン, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). part. Used before some verbs an, like a, has a past and passive signification. As:—An-raige, “he was killed.”

An, アン, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). adv. Quite. As:—An-rai, “quite dead.”

An, アン, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). n Night. Syn: chikara.

An-ai, アンアイ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). adv. Changeless. The same.

An-aige, アンアイゲ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). ph. In the act of. About to be. As:—Tane ariki an an-aige, “As they are just now coming.”

An-aine, アンアイ子, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). ph. Hardly. With difficulty. Whilst. Without provocation or cause. As:—An-aine uwepakita, “hardly and by degrees.” An-aine en kik, “he struck me without provocation.” Ikushta ek an an-aine hotuyekara, “he called to him whilst he was coming yonder.”

Anaishiri, アナイシリ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). n.

A departed spirit. The manes of the dead.

Anak, アンアク, and Anakne, アナク子 (Symbol missingJapanese characters). part. Anak serves to isolate or emphasize a word or subject, and may in a sense be regarded as a sign of the nominative case. When followed by ne it renders the whole sentence to which it is applied a substantive clause. Often it is not translated but in some instances it must be, the content alone determining by what phrase or word it should be represented. The words “as for;” “in reference to;” “as regards,” are among the most apt English equivalents. It very nearly represents the Japanese wa, (Symbol missingJapanese characters)

Anak-ka, アナッカ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). As same as an yakka, “although there is.”

Anak-ki-koroka, アナッキコロカ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). ph. Even though it is. Nevertheless.

Anak-ne, アナク子, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). See anak.

Anakoroka, アナコロカ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). ph. Although there is.

An-an, アンアン, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). au v. There was. There is.

An-anchikara, アンアンチカラ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). adv. One evening.

An.......an-gesh shiriki, アン...アンゲシシリキ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters). ph. Nearly. As:—An otke an-gesh shiriki, “it was nearly speared.” Syn: a followed by a passive.

Anakoro, アンアンコロ, (Symbol missingJapanese characters).