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かき
夏期
しんこく
深刻
みずききん
水飢饉
たや
まされた

We suffered from a serious water shortage during the summer.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
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Most common form: かき
summer term (e.g. school); summer period
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serious; severe; grave; acute
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noun
drought; water shortage
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
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Kanji
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
go
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キ   ゴ    period of time   
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キ   それ    その that   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
シン   ふか deep   ふかめる to fill   ふかまる to deepen   
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スイ   みず water   
net in the tree
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net
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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
コク   chisel; time   きざ to chisel, engrave   
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sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
lid
トウ   かたな sword   
スイ   みず water   
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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eat; food
キ    table   
キン   famine   うえる to be hungry   
ノウ   troubled   なや to be troubled   なやます to bother, annoy   
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キョウ    villain   
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crossed swords
open box
small
heart
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