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にんげん
人間
は、せんじつめれば
しち
七
しゅるい
種類
しかいないという
はなし
話
を
き
聞
いた
ことがある。
He had heard that if you boil it down, there are only seven types of human being.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
に ん げ ん 0
noun
1. human being; person; man; mankind; humankind
2. character (of a person)
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せ ん じ つ め る 5 せ ん じ つ め る 0
Most common form: 煎じ詰める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to boil down; to condense
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し ち 2
numeric
1. seven  (漆 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. hepta-
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し ゅ る い 1
noun
1. variety; kind; type; category
2. counter for different sorts of things
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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Most common form: 以内
noun, noun (suffix)
within; inside of; less than
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い う 0
Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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は な し 3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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き く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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1. (something) has occurred; to have done (something); such a thing happened  (after the past tense form of a verb; often written with kana only)
2. (something) happens on occasions; there are times when  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
種
シュ    variety   たね seed   
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重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
禾
grain
類
ルイ   たぐい kind, type   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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丨
stick   
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
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