for lack of anything better to dopref.before an occupation, etc.
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パラオの最大都市はコロールであり旧首都でもある
ぱらおのさいだいとしはころーるでありきゅうしゅとでもあるThe largest city in Palau is Koror, the former capital.
パスタでもいい？
ぱすたでもいい？Is pasta okay?
悲しくはなかった、感傷的でもなかった、でも、少し寂しかった
かなしくはなかった、かんしょうてきでもなかった、でも、すこしさびしかったIt wasn't sad, it wasn't sentimental, but still, a little lonely.