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ききゅう
気球
は
にし
西
の
ほう
方
へ
ただよ
漂
っていった
。
The balloon floated off to the west.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
き き ゅ う 0
noun
balloon; blimp
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に し 0
noun
west
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ほ う 1
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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た だ よ う 3
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drift; to float
2. to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
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Kanji
気
キ   ケ    spirit   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
⺄
second   おつ    
㐅
crossed swords
球
キュウ   たま ball   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
求
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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丶
dot   
水
スイ   みず water   
西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
漂
ヒョウ   ただよう to drift about, float   
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票
ヒョウ    ballot, slip of paper   
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覀
west
示
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
氵
スイ   みず water   
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