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ビバリーヒルズような
こうきゅう
高級
じゅうたくち
住宅地
みえ
見栄
たか
つく
Keeping up with the Joneses is expensive in rich town like Beverly Hills.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
Most common form: ビーバ
noun
1. beaver  (usu. ビーバー or ビーバ)
2. viva  (usu. ビバ or ビーバ; originally from Italian)
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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0
1. high class; high grade
2. high rank; seniority
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4 3
noun
housing district; residential district
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0 1
noun
1. airs; pretensions; show; ostentation; display; appearance; vanity; charm  (see also: 見栄を張る:みえをはる; only applies to 見栄 and 見え)
2. pose (in kabuki); posture  (usually 見得)
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3
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to rival; to compete with
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2
1. high; tall  (opposite: 低い; this meaning is restricted to form 高い)
2. expensive
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to prick; to stab
2. to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
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Kanji
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
キュウ    class   
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シ   いと thread   
キュウ   およ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   およ and, as well as   
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three
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジュウ   す to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
タク    home   
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Mo, as if name of person (from similarity to katakana モ = mo)
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
roof   
チ   ジ    ground   
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ヤ   to be
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
エイ   はえる to shine, to look attractive   は    さかえる to shine, to be brilliant   
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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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stick   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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assembly, gathering   
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