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Monday, May 21, 2007

Grammar notes 47

Female endings include, but are not limited to (の|もの|わ), male endings include but are no limited to (だい|のこ|なあ).

A colloquial equivalent to いけない and ならない can be to replace it with だめだ.

わけにはいかない is a phrase appended at the end of a sentence meaning "it's impossible to ...". わけではい is a similar phrase meaning "it's not a case of ...".

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