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さいきん
最近
おもしろ
面白
い
わだい
話題
に
う
飢
えている
。
Recently I’ve been feeling starved for interesting conversation.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
さ い き ん 0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays
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お も し ろ い 4
1. interesting; fascinating; intriguing; enthralling
2. amusing; funny; comical
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わ だ い 0
topic; subject
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う え る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to starve; to thirst; to be hungry
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Kanji
最
サイ   もっとも most   
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取
シュ   とる to take   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
又
また again   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
近
キン   ちかい close   
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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
⻌
move
面
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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百
ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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題
ダイ    topic   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
是
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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疋
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
飢
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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飠
eat; food
几
キ    table   
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