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|つうじんじょ はかい せいこう! てきは きゅうえんを よべなくなった。
 
|つうじんじょ はかい せいこう! てきは きゅうえんを よべなくなった。
 
|Communications site destruction successful! The enemy can no longer call reinforcements.}}
 
|Communications site destruction successful! The enemy can no longer call reinforcements.}}
呼べなくなった is probably the most grammatically complex phrase in the game. 呼ぶ means "call". 呼べる is the potential form, meaning "can call". The negative of that is 呼べない, "cannot call". I-adjectives, including verbs ending in ない, change the い to く when used with なる. When we do so and add なる, we get 呼べなくなる, "become unable to call". Finally, ...なる is conjugated into the past tense and we end up 呼べなくなった, "became unable to call".
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呼べなくなった is probably the most grammatically complex phrase in the game. 呼ぶ means "call". 呼べる is the potential form, meaning "can call". The negative of that is 呼べない, "cannot call". I-adjectives, including verbs ending in ない, change the い to く when used with なる, hence, if we add なる, we get 呼べなくなる, "become unable to call". Conjugate the なる in the past tense and we have 呼べなくなった, "became unable to call". Whew!
  
 
=== Jungle ===
 
=== Jungle ===
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== Warnings ==
 
== Warnings ==
 
{{ja-r-en
 
{{ja-r-en
|ダメージ切れ あとわずか!
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|ダメージ切れ 後僅か!
 
|ダメージきれ あと わずか!
 
|ダメージきれ あと わずか!
 
|Few damage pieces left}}
 
|Few damage pieces left}}
切れ is a common counting word, also used for pieces of fish when eating, for example. The "damage pieces" in question are the remaining squares in your damage gauge before it becomes full.
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The "damage pieces" in question are the remaining squares in your damage gauge before it becomes full.
  
あと ("after(-wards)") before a quantity means "remaining" or "left".  It's most often encountered with time: あと5分 (5 minutes left)
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あと before a quantity means "remaining" or "left".  It's most often encountered with time: あと5分 (5 minutes left)
 
わずか means "a little bit", so combined あとわずか means "(only) a little bit left".
 
わずか means "a little bit", so combined あとわずか means "(only) a little bit left".
  
 
{{ja-r-en
 
{{ja-r-en
|ロケット弾 あとわずか!
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|ロケット弾 後僅か!
 
|ロケットだん あと わずか!
 
|ロケットだん あと わずか!
 
|Few rocket bombs left}}
 
|Few rocket bombs left}}
  
 
{{ja-r-en
 
{{ja-r-en
|弾丸 あとわずか!
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|弾丸 後僅か!
 
|だんがん あと わずか!
 
|だんがん あと わずか!
 
|Few bullets left}}
 
|Few bullets left}}
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|だんがんが なくなった。ほりょの なかまいり。
 
|だんがんが なくなった。ほりょの なかまいり。
 
|Your bullets ran out. You will join the prisoners.}}
 
|Your bullets ran out. You will join the prisoners.}}
You could simply memorize なくなる as "to run out", but it may help to explain that this expression comes from ない ("nonexistent"), which becomes なく when joined with another verb or adjective, and なる ("to become"), thus together it means "become nonexistent".
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You can simply memorize なくなる = to run out, but it may help to think of it as "become" (なる) "nonexistent" (ない, which becomes なく before なる).
  
 
=== All hostages dead ===
 
=== All hostages dead ===
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|Well done! You are a real pro.}}
 
|Well done! You are a real pro.}}
 
こそ is used after a noun to show emphasis.  It means "especially" or "specifically".   
 
こそ is used after a noun to show emphasis.  It means "especially" or "specifically".   
You (especially you, as opposed to others who may or may not be real pros as well) are a real pro!
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You (especially you, as opposed to others who may or may not be real pros too) are a real pro!
  
 
{{ja-r-en
 
{{ja-r-en
 
|ご苦労<br />
 
|ご苦労<br />
次の任務もたのむ!
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次の任務も頼む!
 
|ごくろう。つぎの にんむも たのむ!
 
|ごくろう。つぎの にんむも たのむ!
 
|Thank you. I will entrust you with the next mission, too.}}
 
|Thank you. I will entrust you with the next mission, too.}}
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{{ja-r-en
 
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|君は任務に失敗した! もう君にはたのまん!!
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|君は任務に失敗した! もう君には頼まん!!
 
|きみは にんむに しっぱいした! もう きみには たのまん!!
 
|きみは にんむに しっぱいした! もう きみには たのまん!!
 
|You have failed your mission! We will not ask for you again!}}
 
|You have failed your mission! We will not ask for you again!}}
たのまん is a variant of たのまない. This form of negation is common as an ordinary plain-form negative in Western Japanese dialects such as Kansai-ben, but is also used in Tokyo-ben as a rude negative.
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たのまん is ''not'' a contraction of たのまない. It comes from the classical Japanese verb of negation, ず, but for present purposes, you may remember it as a contraction of ない.
  
 
{{ja-r-en
 
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