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ジョン
ははおや
母親
とても
わか
える
のでよく
かれ
あね
まちが
間違
えられる

John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: ははおや
mother
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1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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1. young; youthful
2. immature; green
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
2. to look; to seem; to appear
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particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully  (see also: 良い; often written with kana only)
2. frequently; often  (often written with kana only)
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pronoun
1. he; him
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Most common form:
noun
older sister; elder sister  (humble)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)
2. to confuse; to mistake something for something else
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Kanji
ボ   はは mother   
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ジャク   ニャク   わか young   もしくは or   
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ウ   ユウ   みぎ right   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
シ   あね elder sister   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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イ   different   ちが to be different   ちがえる to change, alter, vary   
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イ    tanned leather   
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wheel around
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
move
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