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ことば
言葉
りんじん
隣人
つながる
よこじく
横軸
でもあり
そせん
祖先
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
3
noun
1. language; dialect  (see also: 言語)
2. word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark  (see also: 単語)
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0
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
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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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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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1
noun
ancestor
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0 2
noun
1. vertical axis; vertical line
2. vertical shaft; spindle
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Kanji
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヨウ   leaf   は leaves   
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grass   
tree world
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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   
セ   セイ   よ the world   
リン   となり next door, neighboring   とな to neighbor   
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the rice you oppose
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
oppose; opposite   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
wheel around
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hill   
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オウ   よこ side   
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オウ   コウ   き yellow   
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キョウ   とも together   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
デン   た rice field   
ジク    an axis   
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ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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シャ   くるま car   
ソ    ancestor   
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and another, moreover   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
ジュウ   たて vertical, length   
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シ   いと thread   
ジュウ   ショウ   ジュ   したが to obey   したがえる to be accompanied by   
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ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
step
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