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どういう
はじ
始
まり
であったにせよバレンタインデーには
なが
長
い
ロマンチックな
れきし
歴史
がある。
Whatever the origin is, Valentine's Day has had a long and romantic history.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ど う い 0 ど う い 1
Most common form: 同位
noun
the same rank; the same digit
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は じ ま り 0
noun
origin; beginning
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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バ レ ン タ イ ン デ ー 5
noun
Valentine's Day
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な が い 2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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ロ マ ン チ ッ ク 4
Most common form: ロマンチツク
romantic
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れ き し 0
history
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あ る 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
始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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長
チョウ   ながい long   
歴
レキ    passing of time   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
麻
マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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林
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
广
stony cliff
史
シ    history   
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乂
crossed swords
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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