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バレンタインデーキリスト
きょうと
教徒
でない
ひと
チョコレート
おく
ことばかげた
しゅうかん
習慣
ある
It is a silly practice for non-Christians to send chocolates on St. Valentine's Day.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
5
noun
Valentine's Day
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noun
Christians
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expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not  (negation of である; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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3
noun
chocolate
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0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
2. to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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3
Most common form: 馬鹿げる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to look foolish
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0
1. habit
2. custom; cultural practice
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
ぼく strike   
ト    junior   
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step
ソウ   はし run   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ソウ   おく to send, to escort   
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relation
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eight
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
move
シュウ   なら to learn   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
カン   なれる to get used to   ならす to tame   
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カン   つらぬ to pierce   
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ボ   はは mother   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
heart
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