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しし
四肢
おとろ
えて
ある
こと
でき
出来
なかった

My limbs were so tired that I couldn’t even walk.
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Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
limbs; extremities
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4 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither; to waste away
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: できる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シ   four   よ    よ    よっ    よん    
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legs
box, enclosure   
シ    limb   
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シ   ささえる to support   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
また again   
ニク body part   
スイ   おとろえる to grow weak, decline   
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アイ   あわ piteous, sorrowful   あわれむ to feel pity   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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イ   ころも clothes   
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
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