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あなた
わざわい
ぜんちょう
前兆
である
かべじょう
壁上
もの
める
かもしれない
わたし
ちんぷんかんぷん
You may be able to read the handwriting on the wall, but it is Greek to me.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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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0
Most common form: 災い
noun
calamity; catastrophe; misfortune
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0
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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3 2 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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1 0
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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5
expression, 'na' adjective, noun
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible; babble; gibberish; jargon; gobbledygook  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
calamity   
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gossip; dishonest   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
ヘキ   かべ wall   
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ヘキ    rule   
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corpse
シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
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