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Zach

と或る

Reading

Kana: とある
Romaji: toaru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

a certain ...

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: ワク、 コク、 イキ、 あ.る、 あるい、 あるいは
Meanings: some, one, or, possibly, a certain

Example Sentence

とある映画(えいが)文庫化(ぶんこか)した—いや、映画(えいが)(ため)()かれたシナリオを小説(しょうせつ)として加筆(かひつ)修正(しゅうせい)し、日本語(にほんご)にローカライズしたものだ。
➥A certain movie was novelized - rather it was a scenario written for a movie that was expanded as a novel and localized to Japanese.
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