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かなら
ずしも
にが
くすり
かぎ
らない

Bitter medicine will not necessarily do you good.
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
4
not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely  (used with neg. verb)
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2
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0
noun
1. medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs
2. efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.)
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0
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be effective; to show effect  (see also: 薬が効く)
2. to do its work; to carry out its function well  (see also: 目が利く)
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2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to restrict; to limit; to confine
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
2. to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
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Kanji
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にが bitter   にが to feel bitter   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
ヤク   くすり medicine   
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ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
スイ   みず water   
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   
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
コウ   effective   き to be effective   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
コウ   mix; mixed   まぜる to mix, stir   まざる    まじる to be mixed together   まじえる to mix, intersperse   まじわる to intersect   か to take turns   かわす to exchange   
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ロク   むっ six   む    むい    む    
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
ゲン   かぎ to limit, restrict   
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good
hill   
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