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ちい
さな
あやま
べつ
すれば
きみ
さくぶん
作文
ゆうしゅう
優秀
だった
Apart from a few minor mistakes, your composition was excellent.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
Most common form:
numeric
two  (originally from Chinese 'er')
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0
Most common form:
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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1
small; little; tiny  (see also: 大きな)
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3 4 0
noun
error; mistake; slip; bug
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0
'no' adjective, 'na' adjective, noun, noun (suffix), noun (prefix)
distinction; difference; different; another; particular; separate; extra; exception
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2
expression
if so; in that case; in that situation  (see also: 為る)
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0
1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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0
1. writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition  (see also: 作文:さくもん)
2. formal writing with little real meaning
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0
superiority; excellence
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ゴ   error   あやま to err, to make a mistake   
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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   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ    give; Wu dynasty of China   
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shelf
table
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ベツ   separated   わかれる to be separated   
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wrap
トウ   かたな sword   
クン   きみ you   
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slashed yo
サク   サ   つく to make   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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ユウ   うれえる to grieve, to be distressed   うれ sorrow   う unhappy   
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シン   こころ heart   
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
go
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シュウ    excellent   ひいでる to surpass   
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ノ    whereupon; from (kana); splitting away from   
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three
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
grain
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