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にい
さん
くら
べて
かれ
うんどう
運動
しんけい
神経
にぶ

Compared with his brother, he is a poor athlete.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
Most common form: 御兄さん
noun
1. older brother; elder brother  (see also: 兄さん; honorific)
2. (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to compare; to make a comparison  (see also: 見比べる)
2. to compete; to vie  (see also: 力比べ)
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
1. exercise; physical training; work-out
2. appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying
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0
1. nerve  (anatomical term)
2. nerves; sensitivity
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2
1. dull (e.g. a knife); blunt  (this meaning is restricted to reading にぶい)
2. thickheaded; obtuse; stupid  (のろい is usu. in kana)
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Kanji
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ウン   carry; luck   はこ to carry   
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グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
move
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
シン   ジン   かみ    かん-    こう- god   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
シン   もう to say   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ケイ   キョウ   へ to elapse   
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シ   いと thread   
ground again
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ドン   にぶ dull   にぶ to become dull   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
トン    barracks   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
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