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Pronunciation
先ず( まず ) 僕( ぼく ) の 物語( ものがたり ) を 聞い( きい ) て よ
先ず (まず) (adv) (1) (uk) first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; (2) hardly (with neg. verb); (P) [EDICT] 僕 (ぼく) สรรพนามบุรุษที่ 1 สำหรับผู้ชาย, สุภาพน้อยกว่า わたし [LongdoJP] (やつこ(臣;奴);つぶね(奴);やつこらま) (n) (1) (やつこ only) (arch) slave; (2) retainer; servant; (3) (やつこ only) captive; (4) (やつこ only) (derog) varlet; (5) (やつこ only) (hum) I; me [EDICT] (ぼく) (pn,adj-no) (1) (male) I; me; (2) you (used addressing young children); (3) (See しもべ) manservant; (P) [EDICT] (やつがれ) (pn,adj-no) (arch) (hum) I; me [EDICT] (しもべ) (n) servant; manservant; menial [EDICT] (pú, ㄆㄨˊ ) servant [CE-DICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] 物語 (ものがたり) (n,vs,adj-no) tale; story; legend; (P) [EDICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] 聞く (きく) (v5k,vt) (1) to hear; (2) (usu. 聴く) to listen (e.g. to music); (3) (formal 聴く) to ask; to enquire; to query; (P) [EDICT] て () (conj) (col) (See と言うか) or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean [EDICT] () (prt) a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (also でも, っても) even if; even though; (int) (2) (abbr) (See さても) wow [EDICT] (手) (n) (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (col) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (P) [EDICT] よ () (aux-v) (1) (non-五段 verbs, e.g. 食べよう) indicates speculation; (2) indicates will; (3) indicates invitation [EDICT] () (exp,prt) (compound particle used at sentence-end) ...isn't that right? [EDICT] () (adv,prt) (1) from; out of; since; at; (2) than; (3) other than; except; but; (4) more; (P) [EDICT] (世) (n) world; society; age; generation; (P) [EDICT] (節) (n) (arch) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.) [EDICT] (余) (n,suf) (1) (余 only) (also written as 餘) (See 以上・1) over; more than; (pn,adj-no) (2) (arch) formal or oratory first person pronoun; I [EDICT] (予) (n,suf) (1) (余 only) (also written as 餘) (See 以上・1) over; more than; (pn,adj-no) (2) (arch) formal or oratory first person pronoun; I [EDICT]
