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ある
くに
国
を
はじ
初
めて
おとず
訪
れる
と、
わたし
私
はいつも
き
決
まって
そこの
ひと
人
たち
と
しょくじ
食事
を
とも
共
に
するように
こころ
心
がけています
。
When I first visit a country, I always try to share a meal with the people there.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
a certain ...; some ...; one ...  (often written with kana only)
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く に 0
noun
1. country; state
2. region
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は じ め て 2
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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お と ず れ る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to visit; to call on
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
2. to arrive; to come; to appear
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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い つ も 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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き ま る 0
Most common form: 極る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be decided; to be settled
2. to look good in (clothes)
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noun
1. there (place relatively near listener)  (see also: 何処, 此処, 彼処; often written with kana only)
2. there (place just mentioned); that place
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ひ と た ち 2
noun
people
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し ょ く じ 0
noun
1. meal
2. to eat
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と も に 0 と も に 1
Most common form: ともに
1. together; jointly  (often written with kana only)
2. at the same time; with; as ...; including; along with  (often as ...とともに; often written with kana only)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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こ こ ろ が け る 5
Most common form: 心掛ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
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Kanji
国
コク   くに country   
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玉
ギョク   たま jewel   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
囗
box, enclosure   
初
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじめ beginning   -ぞめ first doing of   
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衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
訪
ホウ   たずねる to visit   おとずれる to ask, to visit   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
決
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
夬
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
心
シン   こころ heart   
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