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野や生せい

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Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

wild; not domesticated; not cultivated

Used before の to describe animals, plants, or things existing naturally rather than being domesticated, bred, or cultivated.

2

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

living in the wild; growing wild; wild state

As a noun or 野生する, it refers to an animal or plant living or growing naturally outside cultivation or captivity. The verb 野生する is more written or descriptive than everyday conversational.

3

pronoun

I; me

archaicmale term, language, or namehumble (kenjougo)

Archaic male humble first-person pronoun. It is not used in ordinary modern conversation; modern speakers would normally use 私, 僕, or another first-person pronoun depending on style.

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