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ませ

Readings

Kana: ませ、まし
Romaji: mase, mashi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

aux
1

please

Note: used to make a polite request or demand
Note: polite (teineigo) language
See also: ます
2

used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.

Example Sentences

知(し)りません。
➥I don't know.
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目(め)を覚(さ)ませよ！
➥Wake up!
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分(わ)かりません。
➥I don't know.
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力(ちから)が出(で)ません。
➥I feel lethargic.
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走(はし)りませんか。
➥How about running?
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座(すわ)りませんか。
➥Won't you take a chair?
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籬

間狭、 笆、 架

Reading

Kana: ませ
Romaji: mase
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

short roughly woven fence

Note: usu. not 間狭
Note: archaism
2

divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.

Kanji

籬
Readings: リ、 まがき、 かき
Meanings: rough-woven fence, bamboo hedge
間
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
狭
Readings: キョウ、 コウ、 せま.い、 せば.める、 せば.まる、 さ
Meanings: cramped, narrow, contract, tight
笆
Reading: ハ
Meanings: thorny bamboo, bamboo fence
架
Readings: カ、 か.ける、 か.かる
Meanings: erect, frame, mount, support, shelf, construct