ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

いい監督(かんとく)を探す(さがす)のに3年(とし)費やし(ついやし)たが、見つから(みつから)なかった。

Vocabulary List

監督 (かんとく) (n,vs,adj-no) (1) supervision; control; superintendence; direction; (n) (2) director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss; (P) [EDICT] (jiān dū, ㄐㄧㄢ ㄉㄨ) to control; to supervise; to inspect [CE-DICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] 探す (さがす) (v5s,vt) (1) (esp. 捜す) to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime); (2) (esp. 探す) to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; (P) [EDICT] 年 (ねん) (n) (1) year (e.g. AD); (ctr) (2) counter for years [EDICT] (とし) (n-adv,n) (1) (年 only) year; (n) (2) many years; (suf,n) (3) age; (n-adv,n) (4) past one's prime; old age; (P) [EDICT] (とせ) (ctr) (arch) counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) [EDICT] (nián, ㄋㄧㄢˊ) year [CE-DICT] 費やす (ついやす) (v5s,vt) to spend; to devote; to waste; (P) [EDICT] た () (aux-adj) (1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) want to ... do something; would like to ...; (prt) (2) (kyu [EDICT] () (exp) (abbr of ...ていたの) (See 乃・の・5,わ) (usu. sentence end) indicates emotion, admiration, emphasis, etc. [EDICT] () (aux-v) (after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc.) (See たり,たるや) (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of [EDICT] () (suf) (m-sl) (fam) (fem) (See ちゃん) (cute) suffix for familiar person [EDICT] (他) (n-adv,n,adj-no) other (esp. people and abstract matters); (P) [EDICT] (多) (n,pref) multi-; (P) [EDICT] (田) (n) rice field; (P) [EDICT] が () (prt) (positive sentence end) I dare say; (negative sentence end) though, honestly [EDICT] () (suf,v5r) (1) to feel (on adj-stem to represent a third party's apparent emotion); (2) to behave as if one were [EDICT] () (n) scree [EDICT] () (adv-to) (1) (on-mim) thump; thud (dull sound representing something being hit); (2) severe; difficult; hard [EDICT] (我) (n) (1) {Buddh} obstinacy; (2) atman; the self; the ego [EDICT] (画) (n) picture; drawing; painting; sketch [EDICT] (蛾) (n) moth [EDICT] (賀) (n) (See 賀の祝) congratulation [EDICT] (雅) (n,adj-na) (1) (ant [EDICT] 見つかる (みつかる) (v5r,vi) (uk) to be found; to be discovered; (P) [EDICT] ない () (exp) (1) (See ませんか) (used to ask a question in the negative) won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); (2) (used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands) won't you [EDICT] () (conj,aux) (1) (See ない) without doing ...; (aux) (2) used in sentence-final position as an indirect prohibition [EDICT] (内) (suf) inside; within [EDICT] (亡い) (adj-i) (See 無い) dead [EDICT] (無い) (adj-i) (1) (uk) (See 亡い) nonexistent; not being (there); (2) unpossessed; unowned; not had; (3) (See またとない) unique; (4) (as ...ことがない, etc.) indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; (aux-adj) (5) (See ない) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ...; (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...; (P) [EDICT]