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セーター
あら
ったら
ちぢ
んだ

The sweater shrank in the wash.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
Most common form: セエター
noun
sweater; jumper
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0 3
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wash
2. to investigate
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0 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
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Kanji
セン   あら to wash   
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スイ   みず water   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
シュク   ちぢ to shrink, be diminished   ちぢまる to be shortened   ちぢめる to abridge   ちぢらす to crinkle, crimp   ちぢれる to be frizzled, curly   
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宿
シュク   inn   やど an inn   やど to lodge   やど to give lodgings   
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one hundred men
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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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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
roof   
シ   いと thread   
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