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助詞「って」. The Japanese particle tte.

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あのせんせいって: verb implied?

I came across this as part of a larger sentence: あのせんせいってそういう人らしいね。 I am getting the gist of "that teacher seems like a decent person", but what is this って form noun construction? Is it just a contraction for an implied verb?
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Sentence ending って used for emphasis/explanation or casual quotations?

General Context Regarding Every Sentence: 蛍(mc of show) just moved from Tokyo, to a small town and she doesn't know anyone real well. All of this is from the show のんのんびより. Sentence Context: Parts of the school hallway floor is rotten and one…
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What does って at the start of a sentence mean?

胸が小さい女子って、そのコトを気にしてる場合が多いらしいぜ。 って、３組の木村さんが…！！ From https://www.japanesewithanime.com/2019/01/rashii-meaning.html?m=1 The site says it means (is what Kimura from the class 3 [said]!!) I feel it's not really correct in this case, but I want to…
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Whats is the meaning of って in this?

あんたそりゃ「押しかけ女房」ってやつだな I undestand this like: "Youre that "Oshikake niyoubou" guy" (if I'm wrong please tell me) but I cant understand the meaning of って Can somebody help me? Im sorry for my bad english too.
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the usage of て in それて何

I saw that それて何 has the same meaning as それが何 but I'm not sure how. What is the usage of て in this sentence?
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お弁当作ってもらうってだけでも幸せなのに - って Meaning

って can be for quotation or like topic marking right? お弁当作ってもらうってだけでも幸せなのに Deepl Translation: I'm happy just to have someone make me lunch. If this is like a topic marking use of って which I think it is, then why is there no nominalization of もらう?　…
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What does "っていうのか" mean?

I am reading through the transcript of Madoka Magica episode 5 and I got to the line "何だか私、夢遊病っていうのか。" What does the "っていうのか" do to "夢遊病"? A translation given is "Apparently, I went sleepwalking or some such thing..." which is not clearing things up…
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Function of a って at the end of a sentence?

と、菅沼教諭が士道の手から握力計を取ると、それを様々な角度から、矯めつ眇めつした。 　そして、はあと息を吐く。 「あー……多分、バネ部分の金属疲労だな。昔から使ってたやつだからガタが来てたんだろう。大丈夫だったか五河」 「え？　はあ……」 　士道が答えると、ごくりと息を吞んでいた生徒たちの雰囲気が一気に緩んだ。 「あーあ、なんだよ、驚かせやがって」 「まあ、そりゃそうだよな、針振り切るならともかくバネ引き千切るって」 　得心がいったように、生徒たちがうなずく。 What would be…
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避けられたらなって思う　unsure about the なって

I’ve been playing Final Fantasy 8 on the switch in Japanese and I’ve come across a sentence that has stumped me. After Squall tells Rinoa that he may have to kill Seifer in a possible prospective battle, Rinoa replies でも、もちろん... 避けられたらなって思うよ I’ve…
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Does って in this sentence work as a topic marker or have some other meaning?

For clarity: A guy starts speaking in a rude manner to an upperclassman (unknowingly). so the upperclassman's reply is: いきなりタメ口って 一応　同中の先輩なんだけど Translation: Well, that's not very polite! I'm actually your senpai.
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って having another usage beside as a quotation particle?

I encountered this sentence while reading manga: もし朝飯に嫌いなピーマンが多かったからテンション低いってばれたら... But I have no idea why the って particle is being used here.
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って at the end of sentence

What does this って actually mean? I've got 2 translations in my head: というのは　 と(quotative) but I can't translate this. I only know that 「犬が驚いたらしくって」means the dog looked surprised. And why has it changed from らしい to らしく? Thank you in advance.
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Need a brief explanation of the grammar of って when it means "if ... then"

The って I'm referring to is in the sixth line of the lyrics of a song called Don't you see! And it is right after 楽になる. 信じる事を止めてしまえば　楽になるってわかってるけど Judging from three translations of this song I have been able to find and two Japanese-English…
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meaning of って (Dragon maid related)

I was wondering what this って at the beginning of Elma's second line could mean. Thanks for reading 😊
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