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しかし
ほうい
方位
じしゃく
磁石
あたま
なくからだ
なか
あった
But the compass isn't in the head of the bee, it's in the body.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2 1
conjunction
however; but  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
direction
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1
1. magnet
2. compass
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3
noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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0
Most common form: 身体
1. body  (see also: 身体; からだ is a gikun reading of 身体)
noun
2. torso; trunk
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ホウ   かた way, direction   
イ   くらい rank   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジ    magnetism   
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excess
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
grass   
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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トウ   ト   ズ   あたま    かしら head   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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stick   
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