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ほんの
いちにぎ
一握
り
の
だんせい
男性
しか
いくじきゅうか
育児休暇
を
と
取
りたがらない
。
Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
ほ ん の 0
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)  (often written with kana only)
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ひ と に ぎ り 2 ひ と に ぎ り 3
handful; small handful
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だ ん せ い 0
1. man; male
2. masculine gender  (linguistics terminology)
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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い く じ き ゅ う か 4
noun
childcare leave; maternity leave; paternity leave
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と る 1
Most common form: とる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
2. to steal  (see also: 盗る)
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Kanji
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
握
アク   にぎる to grasp   
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扌
hand
屋
オク   や roof   
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尸
corpse
至
シ   いたる to reach, to lead to   
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厶
ム   private
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
男
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
田
デン   た rice field   
性
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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忄
heart
生
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   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
児
ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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旧
キュウ    former, old   
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丨
stick   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
儿
legs
休
キュウ   やすむ to rest   やすまる to be rested   やすめる to suspend (use etc.)   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
暇
カ   ひま free time   
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叚
Ko with the striped corpse again
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コ
katakana 'ko'
又
また again   
取
シュ   とる to take   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
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