ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

退職(たいしょく)を契機(けいき)に茶道(さどう)を始め(はじめ)た。

Vocabulary List

退職 (たいしょく) (n,vs) retirement (from office); (P) [EDICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] 契機 (けいき) (n) opportunity; chance; (P) [EDICT] (qì jī, ㄑㄧˋ ㄐㄧ) an opportunity; a turning point [CE-DICT] 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] 茶道 (さどう(P);ちゃどう(ok)(P)) (n) tea ceremony; Way of Tea; (P) [EDICT] 始める (はじめる) (v1,vt,aux-v) (1) to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; (2) to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); (aux-v) (3) (See 為始める) to start (doing something); to begin to ...; (P) [EDICT] た () (aux-adj) (1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) want to ... do something; would like to ...; (prt) (2) (kyu [EDICT] () (exp) (abbr of ...ていたの) (See 乃・の・5,わ) (usu. sentence end) indicates emotion, admiration, emphasis, etc. [EDICT] () (aux-v) (after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc.) (See たり,たるや) (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of [EDICT] () (suf) (m-sl) (fam) (fem) (See ちゃん) (cute) suffix for familiar person [EDICT] (他) (n-adv,n,adj-no) other (esp. people and abstract matters); (P) [EDICT] (多) (n,pref) multi-; (P) [EDICT] (田) (n) rice field; (P) [EDICT]