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くじら
鯨
は
ぎょるい
魚類
と
おも
思
っている
ひと
人
がいるが、
ほにゅうどうぶつ
哺乳動物
である。
Some people think whales are fish, but they are mammals.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
く じ ら 0
Most common form: クジラ
noun
whale (Cetacea spp.)  (often written with kana only)
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ぎ ょ る い 1
noun
fish; fishes
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お も う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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ひ と 0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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い る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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ほ に ゅ う ど う ぶ つ 4
Most common form: ほ乳動物
noun
mammal
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
鯨
ゲイ   くじら whale   
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京
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亠
lid
魚
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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⺈
corner
田
デン   た rice field   
灬
fire
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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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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   
思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
哺
ホ    raise   
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甫
ホ    the first time   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丶
dot   
乳
ニュウ   milk   ち    ちち breasts   
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乚
second   おつ    
孚
nourishment   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
爫
claw
動
ドウ   うごく to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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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   
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
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