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A11 Auxiliary verb, Noun

けりindicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past), can form a poetic past tense, indicates continuation from the past to the present, end, conclusion

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    1. Auxiliary verb

      1.

      indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past), can form a poetic past tense

      Archaic
    2. Auxiliary verb

      2.

      indicates continuation from the past to the present

      Archaic
    3. Noun

      3.

      end, conclusion

      from the use of the aux. at the end of waka, also written with the ateji 鳧,

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    けり

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