Note
When bent, a spear is only a fifth as effective.
Breakdown of fifth
bend
丿 component
spear
戈 component
You visit a peace ceremony in which everyone bends their spear such that it becomes useless.
Usages of fifth
dog
戌 component
A dog is only one fifth the size of a human.
戊
fifth component
luxuriant
茂
If you'd have only a fifth of the grass in front of your house, it would still be luxuriant.
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“How do verb conjugations work in Japanese?”
Japanese verbs conjugate based on tense, politeness, and mood. For example, the polite present form adds ‑ます to the verb stem, while the past tense uses ‑ました. Unlike English, Japanese verbs don't change based on the subject — the same form works for "I", "you", and "they".
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