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もしも
おんがく
音楽
あい
かて
であるならば
かな
つづ

If music be the food of love, play on.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
if  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
music; musical movement
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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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2
Most common form:
noun
1. food; provisions
2. nourishment; source of encouragement  (this meaning is restricted to reading かて)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to play an instrument (esp. string instruments)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
2. to dance  (obsolete term)
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Kanji
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
スイ   みず water   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
アイ    love   
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go
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cover; covered   
シン   こころ heart   
つめ claw; fingernail   
リョウ   ロウ   かて provisions, food   
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リョウ   はか to measure   
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タン   ダン    dawn   
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リ   さと village   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
ソウ   かなでる to play an instrument   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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ゾク   つづ to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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シ   いと thread   
バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
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