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とし
をとる
とりかえしのつかないもの
かず
えてくる
んだ
As you get older, the number of things you can't take back keeps increasing.
Source: 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド村上 春樹
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: 歳を取る
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to grow old; to age
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Most common form: 取返しのつかない
expression, 'i' adjective
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from  (see also: 取り返しがつかない)
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3 2 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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1
noun
number; amount
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to increase; to multiply
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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Kanji
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ぼく strike   
ゾウ   ま to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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デン   た rice field   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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