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うつく
美
しい
かいがら
貝殻
を
はまべ
浜辺
で
ひろ
拾
った。
I picked up some beautiful shells on the beach.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
美しい貝殻を浜辺で拾った。
Conjugations and inflections
  拾った is the past form of 'u' godan verb 拾う   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
う つ く し い 4
beautiful; lovely
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か い が ら 3 か い が ら 0
Most common form: 貝殼
noun
shell
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は ま べ 0 は ま べ 3
noun
beach; foreshore
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ひ ろ う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to pick up; to find; to gather
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Kanji
美
ビ   うつくしい beautiful   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
殻
カク   から shell, husk   
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売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
浜
ヒン   はま seashore, sands   
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兵
ヘイ   ヒョウ    soldier   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
丌
table
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氵
スイ   みず water   
辺
ヘン   あたり    -べ surroundings, environs   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
⻌
move
拾
シュウ   ジュウ   ひろう to pick up   
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合
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あう to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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扌
hand
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