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ten (de) / te wa 461
c. mza)gg~ae%%e&% LTP%~C=~IMI.B.
(I attracted by this product in that it is future-oriented.)
am
BEe4mo
d. +a>a~~~\-(r%Xm~~
(I was asked questions on that point by some people.)
[Related Expression]
The suffix -men and the noun ten express a similar idea. As their original
meanings (i.e., men 'face, side'; ten 'point') suggest, however, -men reflects
a more general, broader viewpoint than ten does, as in [I] and [2].
s c*2*/,
[I] a. w 02Xi;t: IB R EI / *WRDAI CPJ~~W 6,
(That company has problems in terms of technology.)

b. %~i;t:4?a)i.dl3\~:8~.3-c {ibi@(DA / *ibi&EIl ~&hli%fb~>
9 kc,
(In that business deal we couldn't agree in terms of the price.)

[2] a. z a)'$& {M%H / *BP(DAl 9% < RlrHiS kLk0
(This car was highly regarded in terms of performance.)
b. Za)$ii%k&WiEkLTb~& {A / *HI < RiEiSkLf&
(This car was highly regarded in terms of its excellent per-
formance (lit. the point that the performance is excellent).)
(+ -men)

te wa Tlt conj.

if; when; because
tion 1 state as a topic about which a