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ボブはそんなに
とお
遠
く
にいる
ははおや
母親
に
でんわ
電話
し
、
しはら
支払
い
が
おお
多
い
のにほとんどはなせないというのはばかげているとおもっている。
Bob thinks it is a silly idea to call his mother who is so far away, to spend so much, and to say so little.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ボ ブ 1
noun
bob (haircut)
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そ ん な に 0
expression
so much; so; like that
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と お く 0 と お く 3
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
far away; distant; at a distance; distant place; by far
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い る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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は は お や 0
Most common form: ははおや
mother
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で ん わ 0
1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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し は ら い 0
noun
payment
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お お い 1 お お い 2
many; numerous
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particle
1. although; despite; even though; and yet
2. whereas; while
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ほ と ん ど 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost  (often written with kana only)
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は な す 2
Most common form: 話す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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ば か げ る 3
Most common form: 馬鹿げる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to look foolish
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お も う 2
Most common form: 思う
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
遠
エン   オン   far away   とおい far   
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袁
long kimono
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
母
ボ   はは mother   
親
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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亲
stand in the tree
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
電
デン    electricity   
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电
electricity
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乚
second   おつ    
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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支
シ   ささえる to support   
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又
また again   
払
フツ    to pay; to dispose of   はらう to pay   
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厶
ム   private
扌
hand
多
タ   おおい many   
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
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