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しかし、
げんご
言語
の
ばあい
場合
は、
わたしたち
私達
が
いでんてき
遺伝的
に
う
受
け
つ
継
ぐ
のは、
はな
話
し
たり、
りかい
理解
し
たりする
のうりょく
能力
だけである。
わたしたち
私達
が
はな
話
す
とくてい
特定
の1つないし
ふくすう
複数
の
げんご
言語
は、
いでん
遺伝
ではなく、
ぶんかてき
文化的
な
でんたつ
伝達
によって
わたしたち
私達
に
つた
伝
えられる
のである。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
し か し 2 し か し 1
conjunction
however; but  (often written with kana only)
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げ ん ご 1
noun
language  (linguistics terminology)
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ば あ い 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
case; situation
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わ た し た ち 3
Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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い で ん て き 0
genetic; hereditary
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う け つ ぐ 0 う け つ ぐ 3
'gu' godan verb, transitive verb
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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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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り か い 1
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
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の う り ょ く 1
noun
ability; faculty
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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と く て い 0
1. specific; particular; designated; special
2. to specify; to identify; to pinpoint
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ひ と つ 2
Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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な い し 1
conjunction
1. from ... to; between ... and  (often written with kana only)
2. or  (often written with kana only)
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ふ く す う 3
several; plural; plurality; multiple
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い で ん 0
heredity; inherent
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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ぶ ん か て き 0
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で ん た つ 0
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction
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expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of; depends on  (often written with kana only)
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つ た え る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
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Kanji
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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語
ゴ   かたる to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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場
ジョウ   ば place   
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合
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あう to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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達
タツ    arrive   
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遺
イ   ユイ    bequest   
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伝
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つたう to go along   
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的
テキ   まと target   
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受
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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継
ケイ   つぐ to follow, succeed to, inherit   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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理
リ    logic   
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解
カイ   ゲ   とく to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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能
ノウ    ability   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
特
トク    special   
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定
テイ   ジョウ   determined   さだか decidedly, truly   さだめる to decide, determine   さだまる to be determined   
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複
フク    double, multiple   
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数
スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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文
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
化
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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