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のです・のだ・んです・んだ
  1. -Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
６時までは出発できないのです。I cannot start till six o'clock.
またいつか風のように走るんだ。Someday I'll run like the wind.
申し訳ないけど長居できないんですよ。I'm sorry, I can't stay long.
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のだて 【野点・野点て・野立て】
  1. -common noun; noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suruopen-air tea ceremony
  2. aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin
  3. something standing in the open
のだち 【野太刀】
  1. -common nounlarge war sword (carried across the back)