ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

私(わたし)の仕事(しごと)はいつも多(おお)すぎるか少な(すくな)すぎるかのどちらかである。

Vocabulary List

私 (あたし(P);あたくし;あたい;あて) (pn,adj-no) (fem) I; me; (P) [EDICT] (あっし;わっち;わっし) (pn,adj-no) I (mainly used by working men); myself [EDICT] (わい;わて) (pn) (1) (arch) (ksb [EDICT] (わたい) (n) (arch) (ktb [EDICT] (わたし(P);わたくし(P)) (pn,adj-no) (1) I; me; (n,adj-no) (2) (わたくし only) private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; (3) (わたくし only) selfishness; (P) [EDICT] (わらわ) (pn,adj-no) (arch) (hum) (fem) I; me [EDICT] (わし) (pn,adj-no) (uk) I; me (used by elderly males) [EDICT] (sī, ㄙ) personal; private; selfish [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] 仕事 (しごと) (n,vs,adj-no) (1) work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; (2) {physics} work; (P) [EDICT] は (葉) ใบไม้ [LongdoJP] () (int) (1) (pol) yes; (2) OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance); okay; (3) giddy-up; giddap; (P) [EDICT] () (v5r,aux-v,suf) (hon) (ksb [EDICT] () (suf) (ksb [EDICT] (歯) (n) tooth; (P) [EDICT] (刃) (n) edge (of a knife or sword); (P) [EDICT] (派) (n,n-suf) clique; faction; school; (P) [EDICT] (破) (n) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song [EDICT] (葉) (n) leaf; (P) [EDICT] いつも (何時も) เสมอ, ทุกๆ ครั้ง, ทั่วๆ ไป [LongdoJP] (何時も) (adv,n) (1) (uk) always; usually; every time; (2) never (with neg. verb); (P) [EDICT] 多い (おおい) (จำนวน) มาก [LongdoJP] (おおい) (adj-i) many; numerous; (P) [EDICT] すぎる (過ぎる) (v1,vi) (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; (2) to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over; (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above; (5) (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.) to be no more than ...; (v1,vi,suf) (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...; (P) [EDICT] か () (n) cawing (of a crow) [EDICT] () (prt) (fam) marks yes-no question; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (ksb [EDICT] () (prt) interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (abbr) (See かもしれない) may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly [EDICT] () (prt) (See か,よ) sentence-ending particle expressing doubt [EDICT] () (prt) (1) from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; (2) from (originator); (3) because; (4) out of (constituent, part); (5) through (e.g. window, vestibule); (6) after; since (following te-form verb); (P) [EDICT] (下) (suf) under (being in said condition or environment) [EDICT] (化) (suf) (See 化する) action of making something; -ification [EDICT] (佳) (adj-na,n) beautiful; good; excellent [EDICT] (加) (n) (1) addition; increase; (2) (abbr) (See 加奈陀) Canada; (P) [EDICT] (可) (n,n-suf) passable; acceptable; tolerable; fair; (P) [EDICT] (夏) (n) Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological) [EDICT] (家) (suf) (See 政治家) -ist (used after a noun indicating someone's occupation, pursuits, disposition, etc.); -er [EDICT] (科) (n,n-suf) (1) department; section; (2) (taxonomical) family; (P) [EDICT] (果) (n) (1) {Buddh} (See 因・2) phala (attained state, result); (2) {Buddh} (See 悟り・2) enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); (3) (See 果物) fruit; (ctr) (4) counter for pieces of fruit [EDICT] (架) (n) unit of equipment; rack [EDICT] (火) (n) (1) (abbr) (See 火曜) Tuesday; (2) (See 五行・1) fire (second of the five elements) [EDICT] (荷) (suf,ctr) counter for loads (that can be carried on one's shoulders) [EDICT] (菓) (n) (1) (arch) fruit; (suf,ctr) (2) counter for fruit [EDICT] (課) (n,n-suf) (1) lesson; (2) section (in an organization); division; department; (ctr) (3) counter for lessons and chapters (of a book); (P) [EDICT] (過) (pref) (1) surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-; (2) per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents) [EDICT] (蚊) (n) mosquito; (P) [EDICT] (香) (n) smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume [EDICT] (日) (n-suf) (1) day of month; (ctr) (2) counter for days [EDICT] (戈) (n) ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe) [EDICT] (顆) (n) (1) condyle; (ctr) (2) (arch) counter for grains and small spheres [EDICT] 少ない (すくない) (adj-i) few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom; (P) [EDICT] だ () (prt) (1) (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb) expresses a command; (aux-v) (4) (たり only) (arch) (from とあり) (See たる) (after a noun) to be; (5) (たり only) (arch) (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (fam) marks wh-question (what, where, who); (2) (chn) strengthens one's judgment or conclusion; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) if it's the case; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) even [EDICT] () (suf,prt) and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (See でしょう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (col) (abbr) (See 友達) friend [EDICT] () (n) undercut (of a machined edge) [EDICT] (駄) (pref) (1) (See 駄文・1) poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless; (n-suf,ctr) (2) (See 一駄) load; pack; horse load; (n) (3) packhorse [EDICT] (兌) (n) dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching [EDICT] ある (或) (adj-pn) (uk) a certain ...; some ...; (P) [EDICT] (或る) (adj-pn) (uk) a certain ...; some ...; (P) [EDICT] (在る) (v5r-i,vi) (1) (uk) (See 居る・いる・1) to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; (2) to have; (3) to be located; (4) to be equipped with; (5) to happen; to come about; (P) [EDICT]