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ira ira: irritated (used both as a sound effect and as part of a verb)
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tenki: weather
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o-: and prefix attached to the beginning of a word to show honor or respect, can be used with titles (like god, king, or queen) and nouns (tea, money, bath, etc)
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-sama: suffix following a name (or in some cases a title) signifying extreme respect (often used for royalty, dieties, etc)
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otokonohito: man
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otokonoko: boy
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onnanohito: woman
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onnanoko: girl
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hito: person
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ika: squid
1 John 3:1 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

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kata: honorable person
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ko: child

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hitobito: people
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-jin: suffix meaning person (often attached to a country name to show nationality)
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yakyuu: baseball
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