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ことし
今年
しんえん
心猿
こと
こころ
がけます

This year I’ll try to suppress all my passions.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this year
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noun
passion; passions
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1
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to sever; to cut off
2. to suppress; to eradicate; to exterminate
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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5
Most common form: 心掛ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
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Kanji
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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シン   こころ heart   
エン   さる monkey   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
long kimono
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ダン   ことわ to refuse, to decline   た to cut off   
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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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stick   
shelf
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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