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この
ふうしゅう
風習
きげん
起源
12
せいき
世紀
さかのぼる
This custom dates back to the 12th century.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
custom
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1
origin; beginning; rise
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1
noun
century; era
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4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go upstream  (often written with kana only)
2. to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to; to make retroactive  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
フ   フウ   かぜ wind   かざ-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
table   
シュウ   なら to learn   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
ソウ   はし run   
ゲン   みなもと source, origin   
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スイ   みず water   
ゲン   はら meadow   
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cliff
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
セ   セイ   よ the world   
キ    chronicle   
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シ   いと thread   
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