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あなた
せい
どう
はつおん
発音
する
です
How do you pronounce your last name?
Grammar and points of interest
Words
2
1. you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)  (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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noun
1. surname; family name
2. hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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pronunciation
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Kanji
セイ   ショウ    surname   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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hairy legs
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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