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Pronunciation
老後( ろうご ) の ため に しっかり お金( おかね ) を ためる 。
老後 (ろうご) (n) old age; (P) [EDICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] ため () (n) (col) the same [EDICT] (為) (n) (1) (See 為に・1) good; advantage; benefit; welfare; (2) sake; purpose; objective; aim; (3) consequence; result; effect; (4) affecting; regarding; concerning; (P) [EDICT] (溜め) (n) cesspool; sink; manure sink [EDICT] に (二) สอง [LongdoJP] () (prt) indicates location of action (formal literary form of "de"); at; in; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (See に,は) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] () (exp) also; too; not ... either; as well; even [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (also にゃあ) (See ねば) if not ... (negative conditional); (2) (See には) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] (荷) (n) (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (P) [EDICT] (似) (suf) takes after (his mother) [EDICT] (丹) (n) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (P) [EDICT] (土) (n) (arch) soil (esp. reddish soil) [EDICT] (尼) (n,n-suf) (abbr) (See 比丘尼) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) [EDICT] (弐) (num) two (used in legal documents) [EDICT] しっかり (確り) (adj-na,adv,adv-to,n,vs) (uk) firmly; tightly; reliable; level-headed; steady; (P) [EDICT] (聢り) (adj-na,adv,adv-to,n,vs) (uk) firmly; tightly; reliable; level-headed; steady; (P) [EDICT] お金 (おかね) (n) (pol) (See 金・かね・1) money; (P) [EDICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] ためる (矯める) (v1,vt) (1) to straighten; to correct; to cure; (2) to falsify [EDICT] (貯める) (v1,vt) to save (i.e. in a bank) [EDICT] (溜める) (v1,vt) (1) to amass; to accumulate; to store; (2) to leave unpaid; (P) [EDICT] (撓める) (v, [EDICT]
