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あさ
から
ばん
まで
すみ
いて
くろ
よごれ
いた
すみ
こめ
こうかんしてくらしていました
From morning until night he'd burn charcoal, get completely black with filth and exchange the charcoal he'd burnt for rice.
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
すみや
炭焼
きの
ちょうじゃ
長者
  The Charcoal Burner Who Became Rich (I) by
[内田](うちだ
内田伸子
のぶこ
伸子
)
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
morning
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0
Most common form: ばん
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. evening
2. counter for nights
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0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: すみ
noun
1. charcoal
2. charred remains  (obscure term)
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0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to burn
2. to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue
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3
Most common form: 真黒
pitch black
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0
Most common form: 汚れ
noun
dirt; filth
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0
noun
(husked grains of) rice  (see also: )
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0
Most common form: 交換
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques)
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0
Most common form: 暮す
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to live; to get along
2. to spend (time)
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Kanji
チョウ   あさ morning   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ten times earlier
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
バン    nightfall   
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メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corner
legs
タン   すみ coal, charcoal   
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カイ   はい ashes   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
cliff
サン   やま mountain   
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ショウ   や to roast, bake, burn   やける to be burnt   
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ギョウ   たか high   
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grass   
one pair of legs
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シン   truth   ま exactly; deep   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
table
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コク   くろ    くろ black   
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リ   さと village   
fire
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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