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やまおとこ
山男
まんまるになって
いっしょう
一生
けん
めい
げました

The mountain man jumped up and started running for his life.
The original text uses the Jinmeiyo kanji 遁 for 逃げる.
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
やまおとこ
山男
しがつ
四月
  The Mountain Man's April by
[宮沢](みやざわ
宮沢賢治
けんじ
賢治
)
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
noun
giant; woodsman; alpinist; mountain man
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0
1. perfect circle  (also まん円)
2. cute  (esp. by women and children)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. becomes; will become; turns out  (often written with kana only)
2. to do  (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.; honorific; often written with kana only)
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5
Most common form: 一生懸命
'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life  (see also: 一所懸命; yojijukugo)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to escape; to run away
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Kanji
サン   やま mountain   
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ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
デン   た rice field   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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   
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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トウ   にげる    のがれる to escape   にがす    のが to free   
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チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
move
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