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この
ものがたり
物語
じょ
しゅじんこう
主人公
おさな
しょうじょ
少女
です
The heroine of this story is a little girl.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
3
tale; story; legend
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. woman; girl; daughter
2. Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 二十八宿, 玄武; astronomy, etc. term)
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2
noun
1. protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story)
2. head of household
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3
1. very young
2. childish; immature
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1
noun
1. little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
2. female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading しょうじょ; this meaning is restricted to form 少女)
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Kanji
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
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   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   おおやけ official, public   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ム   private
ヨウ   おさな very young; childish, immature, infantile   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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   
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