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  2. 鍵

かぎ

鍵

N5

key

kagi

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JLPT
N5
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#3,453

Meanings

  1. 1
    keynoun
  2. 2
    locknoun
  3. 3
    key (to a problem, success, etc.); cluenoun

JMdict 1260490

In a sentence

鍵(かぎ)keyをなくしましたlost

I lost my key

How it works

を (object) marks 鍵(かぎ) (key) as the thing the action happens to. The verb is なくす (lose), and here it takes the polite past form なくしました (lost): the polite 〜ます (polite) ending shifted into its past, 〜ました (polite past). As always in Japanese, the verb comes last.

Written with

  • 鍵key17 strokes

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