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ミケランジェロシスティナ
れいはいどう
礼拝堂
てんじょう
天井
じんぶつが
人物画
えが
ける
ようにシェークスピアセリフ
ける
ようにキーツ
ける
ようにそうしたことために
むすう
無数
ひとびと
人々
きて
くる
しんで
んだ
それだけ
かち
価値
あることように
おも
えた
だった
So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Names
シェークスピア   Shakespeare   (surname)  
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キーツ   Keats   (unclassified name)  
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Words
1
noun
mi; 3rd note in the tonic solfa representation of the diatonic scale
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noun
1. cis  (see also: シストランス異性)
2. sister  (see also: シスター)
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0
noun
ceiling; ceiling price
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noun
portrait painting
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2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to draw; to paint; to sketch  (see also: 書く)
2. to depict; to describe  (this meaning is restricted to reading えがく)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: せりふ
noun
speech; words; one's lines; remarks  (often written with kana only)
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1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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0
noun
poem; verse of poetry
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0
such  (often written with kana only)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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2
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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2 0
countless number; infinite number; innumerable
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2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to live; to exist
2. to make a living; to subsist
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3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
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0
godan verb, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
1. to die; to pass away  (sensitive)
2. to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
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interjection (kandoushi)
there! (used to call someone's attention to something)
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1
noun
value; worth; merit
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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3
to seem; to appear likely
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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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Kanji
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ライ   レイ    thanks, salutation   
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ハイ   おが to pray, to venerate   
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ドウ    temple, hall   
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テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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セイ   ショウ   い a well   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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ガ   カク   draw
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ビョウ   か    えが to draw, depict, portray   
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ショ   か to write   
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シ   poetry
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ム   ブ   な not   
スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にが bitter   にが to feel bitter   
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シ   death   し die   
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カ   あたい price, value   
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チ   ね    あたい price, value   
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シ   おも to think   
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