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ほんの
いちにぎ
一握
だんせい
男性
しか
いくじきゅうか
育児休暇
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
0
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)  (often written with kana only)
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2 3
handful; small handful
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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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4
noun
childcare leave; maternity leave
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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
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
アク   にぎ to grasp   
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hand
オク   や roof   
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corpse
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
デン   た rice field   
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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heart
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   
イク   そだ to grow up   そだてる    はぐく to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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キュウ    former, old   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
legs
キュウ   やす to rest   やすまる to be rested   やすめる to suspend (use etc.)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
カ   ひま free time   
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Ko with the striped corpse again
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katakana 'ko'
また again   
シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
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