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ぬす
盗
み
をするよりも
う
飢
え
じ
死
にした
ほう
方
がまし
だ。
I would rather starve to death than steal.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
ぬ す み 3
noun
stealing
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expression
1. in comparison to  (see also: より; emphatic form of より)
2. rather than
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う え じ に 0 う え じ に 4 う え じ に 3
Most common form: 飢死に
(death from) starvation; starving to death  (see also: 餓死; sensitive)
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expression
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
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Kanji
盗
トウ   ぬすむ to steal   
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次
ジ   シ   つぎ next   つぐ to come after   
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欠
ケツ   かく to lack   かける to be lacking   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
⺈
corner
冫
ice   
皿
さら dish   
飢
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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飠
eat; food
几
キ    table   
死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
匕
さじ spoon   
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
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