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つい
対
になった
みどりいろ
緑色
のイアリングが
はるさき
春先
の
ちょうちょう
蝶々
のようにふらふらと
ゆ
揺
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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み ど り い ろ 0 み ど り い ろ 1
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
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noun
ear-ring
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は る さ き 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning of spring
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ち ょ う ち ょ う 1
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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ふ ら ふ ら 1 ふ ら ふ ら 0
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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ゆ れ る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to shake; to sway; to waver
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Kanji
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   
緑
ロク   リョク   みどり green   
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录
watery yo
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⺢
スイ   みず water   
彐
yo = to yell / say hi
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糸
シ   いと thread   
色
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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巴
ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
⺈
corner
春
シュン   はる spring   
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three men
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三
サン   み    みっつ three   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
先
セン   さき ahead   
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⺧
whereupon by the ground
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
儿
legs
蝶
チョウ    butterfly   
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虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
枼
tree world
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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世
セ   セイ   よ the world   
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
揺
ヨウ   ゆる    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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扌
hand
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
缶
カン    can   
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