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にょうぼう
女房
たたみ
あたら
しい
ほう
がいい

Wives and tatami mats are better when new.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
1
noun
1. wife (esp. one's own wife)
2. court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace  (this meaning is restricted to reading にょうぼう, にゅうぼう)
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0
noun
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
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4
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
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Most common form: ほうがいい
expression, 'i' adjective
(after past tense verb) had better (verb); (after negative verb) had better not (verb)  (see also: した方がいい)
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Kanji
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ボウ   room   ふさ a tassle   
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コ   と door   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
corpse
ホウ   かた way, direction   
ジョウ   たた to fold up   たたみ tatami   
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and another, moreover   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
デン   た rice field   
cover; covered   
シン   あたらしい    あら    にい- new   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
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