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うた
おし
えられて
あさせ
浅瀬
わた
kotowaza
A fool may give a wise man counsel (literally: a child on your back may guide you across a ford).
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to bear; to carry on one's back  (see also: 背負う)
2. to take responsibility for; to accept a duty
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: )
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to cross over; to go across  (usu. 渡る or 渉る)
2. to extend; to cover; to range; to span  (see also: にわたって; usu. 亘る or 亙る)
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Kanji
フ   まかす to defeat   まける to be defeated   お to carry (on one's back)   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
corner
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
ぼく strike   
セン   あさ shallow, superficial   
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three spears
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tasseled spear
サン   み    みっ three   
スイ   みず water   
rapids, currents   
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ライ   たよ to rely (on)   たのもしい reliable   たの to ask(for), entrust   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ト   わた to cross   わた to hand over   
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ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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广
stony cliff
廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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また again   
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