See めざとい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "めざとい",
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"form": "mezatoi",
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{
"form": "めざとい",
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"form": "めざとけれ",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "めざとかれ",
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"form": "mezatokare",
"source": "inflection",
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"imperative",
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"form": "めざとくない",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
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"form": "mezatoku nai",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
"negative"
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"form": "めざとかった",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
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"form": "mezatokatta",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "めざとくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "mezatoku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
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"form": "めざといです",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "mezatoi desu",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal"
]
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{
"form": "めざとくないです",
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"formal",
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},
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"form": "mezatoku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
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]
},
{
"form": "めざとかったです",
"source": "inflection",
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"formal",
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},
{
"form": "mezatokatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
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"form": "めざとくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "mezatoku nakatta desu",
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"source": "inflection",
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"conditional"
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"form": "めざとかろう",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "mezatokarō",
"source": "inflection",
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"volitional"
]
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"form": "めざとく",
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"adverbial"
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"source": "inflection",
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"adverbial"
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"form": "めざとさ",
"source": "inflection",
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"form": "mezatosa",
"source": "inflection",
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"noun-from-adj"
]
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"glosses": [
"keen-sighted; sharp-sighted"
],
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{
"form": "めざとい",
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{
"form": "めざとい",
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"form": "めざとけれ",
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"form": "めざとかれ",
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},
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"form": "mezatokare",
"source": "inflection",
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"imperative",
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]
},
{
"form": "めざとくない",
"source": "inflection",
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"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatoku nai",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "めざとかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatokatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "めざとくなかった",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatoku nakatta",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"informal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めざといです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatoi desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal"
]
},
{
"form": "めざとくないです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatoku nai desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative"
]
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{
"form": "めざとかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
]
},
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"form": "mezatokatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "めざとくなかったです",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatoku nakatta desu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"formal",
"negative",
"past"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"conjunctive"
]
},
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"form": "mezatokute",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conjunctive"
]
},
{
"form": "めざとければ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatokereba",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional"
]
},
{
"form": "めざとかったら",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatokattara",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"conditional",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "めざとかろう",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatokarō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"volitional"
]
},
{
"form": "めざとく",
"source": "inflection",
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatoku",
"source": "inflection",
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"adverbial"
]
},
{
"form": "めざとさ",
"source": "inflection",
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"noun-from-adj"
]
},
{
"form": "mezatosa",
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]
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"keen-sighted; sharp-sighted"
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"keen-sighted",
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"sharp-sighted",
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"being a light sleeper"
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"ipa": "[me̞za̠to̞i]"
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}
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