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シェークスピアラテン
ほんの
すこ
しか
らなかった
そのわずかこと
おお
いに
りよう
利用
した

Shakespeare knew only a little Latin, but he put the little he knew to very good use.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Names
シェークスピア   Shakespeare   (surname)  
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Words
0
Latin (language)
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0
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)  (often written with kana only)
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2
adverb, noun
1. small quantity; little; few; something
2. little while
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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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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only; merely; (a) little; small quantity  (often written with kana only)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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1
very; much; greatly; a lot of
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0
use; utilization; utilisation; application
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Kanji
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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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   いつ-    いつ five   
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
チ   し to know   
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シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   き to be effective   
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grain
トウ   かたな sword   
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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