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さい
なる
わたし
めい
かのじょ
彼女
あに
かって
いつける
った

My seven-year-old niece said to her brother, I'll tell on you.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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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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1
Most common form: めい
noun
niece  (see also: 姪御, 姪子)
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1
pronoun
1. she; her
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1
noun
elder brother; older brother  (humble)
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0
Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face
2. to go towards; to head towards
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4
Most common form: 言い付ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to tell (to do); to order; to charge; to direct
2. to tell on (someone); to report
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
めい niece   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wide mouth
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wide
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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