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あい
かてい
家庭
から
はじ
まる

Charity begins at home.
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
Most common form: あい
noun, noun (suffix)
1. love; affection; care  (see also: 愛する)
noun
2. attachment; craving; desire  (Buddhist term)
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0
home; family; household
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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Kanji
アイ    love   
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go
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cover; covered   
シン   こころ heart   
つめ claw; fingernail   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
テイ   にわ courtyard, garden   
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テイ    court   
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long stride
ニン    #9, 9th; burden   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   samurai
广
stony cliff
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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ム   private
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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