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おふくろ
ぼく
なんかよりいつも
いもうと
ほう
だいじ
大事
している
My mother always puts my sister before me.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
one's mother  (colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: ぼく
1. I; me  (male term or language)
2. you  (used addressing young children)
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expression, suffix
things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory)
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0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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1
adverb, noun
1. always; usually; every time  (often written with kana only)
2. never  (with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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4
noun
younger sister  (humble)
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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. important; valuable; serious matter
2. safe (Tochigi dialect); OK  (see also: だいじょうぶ; this meaning is restricted to reading だいじ)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ボク    me, I   
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ホク   わずらわしい troublesome   
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almost lined up
grass   
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
マイ   いもうと younger sister   
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ミ    not yet   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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