が(P);ヶ(sk);ケ(sk) /(prt) (1) indicates the subject of a sentence/(prt) (2) (literary in modern Japanese; usu. written as ヶ in place names) indicates possession/(conj,prt) (3) but/however/(and) yet/though/although/while/(prt) (4) and/(prt) (5) used after an introductory remark or explanation/(prt) (6) (after the volitional or -まい form of a verb) regardless of .../whether ... (or not)/no matter .../(prt) (7) indicates a desire or hope/(prt) (8) (at sentence end) softens a statement/(prt) (9) (at sentence end) indicates doubt/(prt) (10) (after a noun at the end of an interjection) indicates scorn/(P)/EntL2028930/