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おんどりよりめんどり
ほう
おおごえ
大声
いえ
かな
しい
いえ

It is a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
Most common form: 牡鳥
noun
cock; rooster; chanticleer  (often written with kana only)
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0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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Most common form:
noun
dismissal
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1
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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0
1. loud voice  (opposite: 小声)
2. lofty; elegant (music etc.)  (this meaning is restricted to reading たいせい)
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0
1. to sing (bird)
2. to bark; to purr; to make sound (animal)
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2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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0
sad; sorrowful
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Kanji
ホウ   かた way, direction   
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   
セイ   ショウ   こえ voice   こわ- voice   
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シ   samurai
stick   
corpse
メイ   な to chirp, to twitter   な to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
ヒ   かなしい sad   かなしむ to be sad   
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ヒ   mistake
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シン   こころ heart   
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