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わたし
つま
こども
子供
ほしいので
いえ
ひつよう
必要

I want a wife and children, and so I need a house.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
1. ferry (crossing); ferry(boat)
suffix
2. delivery
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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0
noun
child; children
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2
Most common form: 欲しい
1. wanted; wished for; in need of; desired  (see also: 欲しがる)
auxiliary adjective
2. I want (you) to  (after the -te form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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Kanji
サイ   つま wife   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
slashed yo
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yo; yell
stick   
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
katakana 'ha'; eight
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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west
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