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ピエロを
み
見
て
しょうねん
少年
は
もの
物
が
い
言
えなく
なってしまった。
When the little boy saw the clown, the cat got his tongue.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ピ エ ロ 1
noun
clown  (originally from French 'pierrot')
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み る 1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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し ょ う ね ん 0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
Most common form: もの
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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い え る 0
to be possible to say; to be able to say  (see also: 言う; often as ...と言える)
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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Kanji
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
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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