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もくてき
目的
もなく
し
知
らない
まち
街
を
ただよ
漂
い
ある
歩
いた
。
I wandered around the unknown street aimlessly.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
も く て き 0
noun
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
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な く 0
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
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1. unknown; strange
2. I don't care; I don't know and I feel nothing  (idiomatic expression)
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ま ち 1
Most common form: 町
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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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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あ る く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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Kanji
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
的
テキ   まと target   
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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
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
丶
dot   
知
チ   しる to know   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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街
カイ   ガイ   まち town, thoroughfare, street   
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圭
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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彳
step
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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   
歩
ホ   フ   ブ   あるく    あゆむ to walk   
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少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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