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その
しょうせつ
小説
なんぼくせんそう
南北戦争
じく
している
The novel revolves around the Civil War.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
0
novel; (short) story
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5
noun
(US) Civil War
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. axis; shaft; axle
noun
2. center; centre; focal point; key point
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
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   
ナン   ナ   みなみ south   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
wide
ホク   きた north   
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さじ spoon   
left side   じょう    しょう    
セン   いくさ battle, war   たたか to do battle   
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タン    simple   
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small
デン   た rice field   
tasseled spear
ソウ   あらそ to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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corner
slashed yo
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yo; yell
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   
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