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「
うつく
美
しい」とか「
みにく
醜
い」といった
ことば
言葉
は
そうたいてき
相対的
な
ようご
用語
である。
The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms.
Grammar and points of interest
〜的 (てき) 〜的 (てき)
 
turns a noun into an adjective
「美しい」とか「醜い」といった言葉は相対的な用語である。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
「美しい」とか「醜い」といった言葉は相対的な用語である。
Conjugations and inflections
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
う つ く し い 4
beautiful; lovely
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と か 0
particle, conjunction
among other things; such things as; or something like that
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み に く い 3
1. ugly; unattractive
2. unsightly; unseemly  (see also: 醜い争い)
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conjunction
such ... as; or some such  (often written with kana only)
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こ と ば 3
noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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そ う た い て き 0
relative
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よ う ご 0
noun
1. term; terminology
2. wording; choice of words; phraseology
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
美
ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
醜
シュウ   みにくい ugly   
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酉
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
鬼
キ   おに ogre   
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甶
stony rice field
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丶
dot   
田
デン   た rice field   
厶
ム   private
儿
legs
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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葉
ヨウ   leaf   は leaves   
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艹
grass   
枼
tree world
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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丨
stick   
世
セ   セイ   よ the world   
相
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
対
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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寸
スン   inch
文
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
的
テキ   まと target   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
語
ゴ   かたる to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
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