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ひょうめん
表面
こま
かい
きず
へこみたくさんあるから
みが
いて
むだ
There are so many fine scratches and dents on its surface, it's no use polishing it.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
1. surface; face
2. outside; exterior
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3
2. fine; minute
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0
Most common form: キズ
noun
1. wound; injury; cut; gash; bruise; scratch; scrape; scar
2. chip; crack; scratch; nick
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Most common form: 凹む
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be dented; to be indented; to yield to; to give; to sink; to collapse; to cave in
2. to be overwhelmed; to feel down; to be forced to yield; to be daunted; to be snubbed
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3
'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal  (often written with kana only)
2. enough; sufficient  (often written with kana only)
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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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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth)
2. to refine; to improve
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Most common form: 無駄
futility; uselessness; pointlessness
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Kanji
ヒョウ   おもて surface, front   あらわ to show, to represent   あらわれる to be present, to appear   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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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    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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サイ   ほそ thin   ほそ to get thin, taper off   こま    こまかい detailed, fine   
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シ   いと thread   
デン   た rice field   
ショウ   きず wound   いた to go bad, be damaged   いためる to injure   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヨウ    glorious, bright   
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モチ   not
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pig
タン   ダン    dawn   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
マ   みが to polish, grind   
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マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
广
stony cliff
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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