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これ
こだい
古代
きょうてん
教典
かいしゃく
解釈
する
という
もんだい
問題
である
The problem is one of interpreting these ancient scriptures.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
ancient times
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noun
scriptures; canon; teaching guide
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explanation; interpretation
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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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noun
1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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
シ   ス   こ child   
ぼく strike   
テン    ceremony, law code   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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カイ   ゲ   と to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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corner
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
トウ   かたな sword   
ギュウ   うし cow   
シャク    explanation   
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シャク    unit of length (about a foot)   
topped rice
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
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   
モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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モン   かど gate   
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ダイ    topic   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
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