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これ
げんみつ
厳密
いえば
まちが
間違
である
This is, strictly speaking, a mistake.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
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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0
strict; close
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0
Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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4 3
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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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
ゲン   ゴン   きびしい severe   おごそ dignified, stately   
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カン    daring   
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ぼく strike   
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
ジ   みみ ear   
small
cliff
ミツ    secret   
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サン   やま mountain   
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roof   
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
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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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
move
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