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テレビ
うつ
される
ものいわば
じっしゃかい
実社会
はんえい
反映
である
What is shown on television is, as it were, a reflection of what society is like.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. television; TV  (see also: テレビジョン; abbreviation)
2. TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast  (abbreviation)
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4
Most common form: 写しだす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to project; to show  (esp. 映し...)
2. to portray; to depict; to describe; to reflect  (esp. 写し...)
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3 2 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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1 2 0
so to speak; so to call it; as it were  (often written with kana only)
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3
noun
real world; society
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0
1. reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting
2. influence; application (e.g. of an update)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
エイ   はえる to shine   うつ to be reflected   うつ to reflect, project   
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オウ    centre   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みの to bear fruit   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
roof   
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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また again   
cliff
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