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その
しょうねん
少年
おとな
大人
ような
くち
かた
する
The boy talks as if he were a man.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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0
adult
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. mouth
2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
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0
noun
1. effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness  (効き often refers to medicine)
noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
2. dominance (e.g. of left or right hand)  (this meaning is restricted to form 利き)
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Kanji
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   き to be effective   
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grain
トウ   かたな sword   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
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