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すなわち
げんご
言語
という
わたしたち
私達
まな
だり
おし
えられ
たりするものであって
ほんのうてき
本能的
っている
ものではない
That is to say, a language is something that we learn and are taught, not something that we know by instinct.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
adverb, conjunction
that is; namely; i.e.  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
language  (linguistics terminology)
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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3
Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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0 2
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
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Most common form: たり
particle
1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")  (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs)
2. (used adverbially) doing such things as...
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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particle
1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")  (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs)
2. (used adverbially) doing such things as...
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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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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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0
instinctive; instinctual
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0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
2. to notice; to feel
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expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
タツ    arrive   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
ぼく strike   
ホン   book   もと origin   
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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   
stick   
ノウ    ability   
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さじ spoon   
private month
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
テキ   まと target   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
チ   し to know   
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シ   や arrow   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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