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# Means
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## つい
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Means "accidentally", "unintentionally". Can be combined with [[TeF (2) - manner of doing## てしまう・ちゃう・じゃう|てしまう]].
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> [!info] Example
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> {歩|ある}きながら{携帯|けいたい}を見ていました、==つい=={誰|だれ}かとぶつきました。
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> I was looking at my phone while walking, when I accidentally bumped into someone.
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## わざと
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Means "on purpose".
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> [!info] Example
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> 彼女は==わざと=={学校|がっこ}を{休|やす}んだ。
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> She missed school on purpose.
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## わざわざ
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Expresses that someone has made a great effort to reach a certain result.
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Can be used for example for gratitude when someone made something for you.
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> [!info] Example
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> ==わざわざ==私のために{作|つく}った。
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> Thank you for going the trouble of making this for me.
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## ふりをする
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<div class="usage">
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<div class="left">
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	<p><span class="box">V</span></p>
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	<p><span class="box">い-Adj</span></p>
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	<p><span class="box">な-Adj + な</span></p>
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	<p><span class="box">N + の</span></p>
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</div>
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	<p class="right">+ ふりをする</p>
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</div>
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This means "to pretend", "to act as if".
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> [!info] Example
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> うちの{子|こ}は{病気|びょうき}の==ふりをする==。
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> My child pretends to be sick.
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## を通じて・を通して
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を{通|つう}じて・を{通|とお}して mean "through" or "by". Indicates a method or a location. 
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を{通|とお}して is the most widely used, the other one being more formal.
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Used with a noun.
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> [!info] Example
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> {写真|しゃしん}を{撮|と}る==を通して==、私の{見方|みかた}は{変|か}わりました。
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> Through photography, my perspective has changed.
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## によって・による・による
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Means "depending on", "by means of", or "because of".
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による will most likely be found at the end of a sentence, highlighting a statement.
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Used with a noun.
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> [!info] Example
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> {国|くに}==によって==、{法律|ほうりつ}は{違|ちが}います。
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> Depending on the country, the laws are different.
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> 台風==により==、出かけられない。
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> Because of the typhoon, I cannot go out.
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