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あくじ
悪事
せん
さと
はし
って
だろう
わる
うわさ
アッという
ひろ
まっ
ちゃう
Malicious gossip spreads like wildfire. I guess that's why they say bad news travels fast.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
evil deed; crime; wickedness
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1
Most common form: せん
numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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0
noun
1. village; hamlet
2. countryside; country
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to run
2. to travel (movement of vehicles); to drive
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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2
1. bad; poor; inferior
2. evil; sinful
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0
Most common form: うわさ
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
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Most common form: あっと言う間に
expression, adverb
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!"
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3 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to spread; to be propagated
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auxiliary verb, 'u' godan verb
to do something completely  (contraction of ..て or で plus しまう)
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. difference; variation
noun
2. difference  (mathematics)
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Kanji
アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
リ   さと village   
ソウ   はし run   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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うわさ rumor, gossip   
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ソン   たっと    とうと precious, dear, exalted   たっと    とうと to set a high value on, to esteem highly   
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スン   inch
chieftain   
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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コウ   ひろ broad   ひろがる    ひろまる to be wide open, spread out   ひろげる    ひろめる to open wide   
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ム   private
广
stony cliff
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