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アレックス
おし
える
ためにペパーバーグ
とくべつ
特別
くんれん
訓練
けいしき
形式
もち
いた

To teach Alex, Pepperberg used a special form of training.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
noun
Alex  (computer terminology)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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2
conjunction
1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of  (often written with kana only)
2. because of; as a result of  (often written with kana only)
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0
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1
noun, 'suru' verb, transitive verb
training; drill; practice; discipline
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0
noun
1. form (as opposed to substance); formality  (see also: 形式張る)
2. method; system; style
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3 0
Most common form: もちいる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
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Kanji
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
ぼく strike   
トク    special   
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ギュウ   うし cow   
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ベツ   separated   わかれる to be separated   
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wrap
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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トウ   かたな sword   
クン    teaching, precept; Japanese reading of a kanji   
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セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
レン   ね to polish up, knead, train   
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トウ   ひがし east   
シ   いと thread   
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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start, initiate   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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fur, bristles, beard   
シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
shoot
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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