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ため
なるような
ゆうじん
友人
えら
もう
します
そういうわけ
わたし
あおき
青木
くん
した
しく
しているです
Choose such friends as will benefit you, they say. That is why I am on intimate terms with Mr Aoki.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
Most common form: ために
conjunction
1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of  (often written with kana only)
2. because of; as a result of  (often written with kana only)
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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2
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
to choose; to select
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1
Most common form: もうす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to say; to be called  (humble)
2. to do  (after a word beginning with お- or ご-; humble)
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0
such; like that; that sort of; very  (often written with kana only)
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2
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sharing; division
2. draw; tie
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
noun
1. Japanese laurel; spotted laurel; Aucuba japonica
2. live tree
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noun, suffix
Mr (junior); master; boy
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adverb, noun
intimately; personally; in person
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
イ    do   
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fire
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
また again   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セン   えら choose   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
move
シン   もう to say   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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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クン   きみ you   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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slashed yo
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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