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#7,000
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; when one hears ...
    As far housing goes, it is very poor in Japan.
  2. 2
    by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; so that means
    sometimes in sentence-initial position
  3. 3
    whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
    indicates that what follows is inevitable
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#23,917
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    the point of ...; the place where ...; the part where ...; a position described as ...
    It's not yet what you'd call finished but we're starting to get pretty good results.
  2. 2
    a place called ...; places known as ...
    There's a place called Kuchiwa in Hiroshima.
  3. 3
    I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it; I suppose that ...; it's the case that ...; the situation is that ...
    at sentence end
    If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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#11,835
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
    See also: いざ
    Put aside money for a rainy day.
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#48,944
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. on the least pretext; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance; at the drop of a hat
    The teacher pokes his nose into everything.
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#141,387
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  1. the reason is that ...; because
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