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ことば
言葉
は
りんじん
隣人
とつながる
よこじく
横軸
でもあり、
そせん
祖先
とつながる
たてじく
縦軸
でもある。
Language is not only a horizontal axis connecting you to your neighbors but also a vertical axis connecting you to your ancestors.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
こ と ば 3
noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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り ん じ ん 0
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
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つ な が る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be tied together; to be connected to; to be linked to  (often written with kana only)
2. to lead to; to be related to  (often written with kana only)
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よ こ じ く 0
1. abscissa; horizontal axis
noun
2. horizontal scroll  (see also: 掛け物)
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1. to also be (formal, literary); implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case  (see also: である; である with も)
2. to be ... or something
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そ せ ん 1
noun
ancestor
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た て じ く 0 た て じ く 2
noun
1. vertical axis; vertical line
2. vertical shaft; spindle
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Kanji
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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葉
ヨウ   leaf   は leaves   
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艹
grass   
枼
tree world
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
世
セ   セイ   よ the world   
隣
リン   となり next door, neighboring   となる to neighbor   
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粦
the rice you oppose
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米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
舛
oppose; opposite   
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
ヰ
wheel around
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⻖
hill   
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横
オウ   よこ side   
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黄
オウ   コウ   き yellow   
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共
キョウ   とも together   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
田
デン   た rice field   
軸
ジク    an axis   
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由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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車
シャ   くるま car   
祖
ソ    ancestor   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
先
セン   さき ahead   
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⺧
whereupon by the ground
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
儿
legs
縦
ジュウ   たて vertical, length   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
従
ジュウ   ショウ   ジュ   したがう to obey   したがえる to be accompanied by   
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疋
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
彳
step
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