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ピアノ
ちょうし
調子
くる
っていて
ひどい
ねいろ
音色
だった
The piano was out of tune; it sounded very bad.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
piano
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0
noun
1. tune; tone; key; pitch; time; rhythm
2. vein; mood; way; manner; style; knack
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2
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go mad
2. to get out of order; to go amiss
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2
1. cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe  (often written with kana only)
2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
2. synthesizer patch; synthesiser patch
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととの to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   mad   くる to go mad   くるおしい to be nearly mad (with worry / grief)   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
オウ    king   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
corner
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