16. Helper verbs: oku and aru

(Source: Koucha Ouji #7)

Hottoke yo. Aarugurei ga tsuiteru nara, heiki daro.

Leave her alone. If she's got Earlgrey with her, she's probably fine.

See "18. e. Iru"

See "2. Nara(ba)"


17. Helper verbs: giving and receiving

(Source: Koori no Mamono no Monogatari #9)

[Hito o aisuru to iu koto o] Omae ga saisho ni oshiete kureta'nda...

You first (kindly) taught me [the thing that is loving people].

See "12. g. Iu koto"

See "12. e. No contraction"


18. Other helper verbs

(Source: Hunter X Hunter #7)

Saa, mou koko ni wa you ga nee shi, kondo wa omae'nchi ikou ze!
--Honto?
Ou. Mito-san ni mo atte mitai shi sa.
--(Sou ka... Mou hantoshi ijou kaettenai mon naa.) Un.

Come on, we don't have any business here any more, so let's go to your place!
--Really?
Yeah. I'd like to meet Mito-san (for the first time), too.
--(That's right... I haven't returned home for more than half a year.) Sure.

See "12. a. Ai/oi — ee"

See "12. e. No contraction"

See "26. c. Mono"

See "11. c. Na"


19. -te mo ii

(Source: G Defend #3)

Yuushou shitara, ichinichi-dake ore o suki ni shite ii zo.

If you win, for (only) one day you can do whatever you want to me.

See "1. -ba and -tara"

See "4. b. -dake"


20. Hou ga ii

(Source: Midnight Sun #4)

Sotchi koso, sassato yatchimatta hou ga ii'n ja nee no? (Kedo joukyou wa sakki yori wa warukanee.)

You yourself, you should hurry up and just kill me, shouldn't you? (But the situation isn't worse than it was before.)

See "15. Helper verbs: shimau"

See "12. e. No contraction"

See "6. c. Ja nai"

See "12. a. Ai/oi — ee"