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コーヒー
ぬぐ
むずか
しい

The coffee stain was difficult to remove.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
coffee  (often written with kana only; originally from eng 'coffee', dut 'koffie')
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Most common form: シミ
noun
1. stain; spot; smudge; blot; smear; blotch  (often written with kana only)
2. spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration; freckle  (see also: 肝斑; esp. シミ; often written with kana only)
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2 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wipe
2. to get rid of; to eliminate (e.g. one's shame); to remove (e.g. an impression); to erase
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Most common form: とる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
2. to steal  (see also: 盗る)
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1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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Kanji
セン   し stain   しみる to soak in   そめる to dye   そまる to be dyed   
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氿
nine lots of water
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
スイ   みず water   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ショク   ぬぐ to wipe, to get rid of   ふ to wipe, to dry   
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シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
shoot
hand
シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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little bird
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