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つい
になった
みどりいろ
緑色
イアリング
はるさき
春先
ちょうちょう
蝶々
のようにふらふらと
れた

The pair of green earrings fluttered like the first butterflies of spring.
Source: ねじまき鳥クロにカル村上春樹
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to form a pair; to pair up
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green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
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noun
ear-ring
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning of spring
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noun
butterfly
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expression, adverb
1. like; similar to  (often written with kana only)
2. as with; in the same way  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: フラフラ
1. unsteady (e.g.on one's feet); staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzy  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. wandering; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to shake; to sway; to waver
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Kanji
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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スン   inch
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
ロク   リョク   みどり green   
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watery yo
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スイ   みず water   
yo = to yell / say hi
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シ   いと thread   
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
corner
シュン   はる spring   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
チョウ    butterfly   
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チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
tree world
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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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セ   セイ   よ the world   
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ヨウ   ゆ    ゆする    ゆさぶる    ゆすぶる to shake (something)   ゆれる    ゆるぐ to tremble, to shake   ゆらぐ to be (emotionally) shaken   
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hand
つめ claw; fingernail   
カン    can   
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