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ハリケーンカトリーナニューオーリンズ
まちなみ
町並
ひとびと
人々
こころ
ふか
つめあと
爪痕
のこ
した

Hurricane Katrina deeply scarred New Orleans and the minds of the people there.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
3
noun
hurricane
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0
Most common form: 中黒
noun
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
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noun
1. cat
2. kat; qat; quat; khat
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1
noun
1. new
2. newly purchased item  (often おにゅー)
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0
Most common form: 街並
noun
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
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2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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3 2
noun
1. mind; heart; spirit
2. the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
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2
1. deep  (opposite: 浅い)
2. profound
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0
noun
1. fingernail mark; scratch
2. scar; ravages; after-effects
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2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve
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Kanji
なかぐろ middle dot   
チョウ   まち town   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
デン   た rice field   
ヘイ   lined up   なら to be lined up, to queue   ならべる to line up   な ordinary; the level of   ならびに as well as   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
(kanji repetition symbol)   
シン   こころ heart   
シン   ふか deep   ふかめる to fill   ふかまる to deepen   
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スイ   みず water   
net in the tree
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net
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
つめ    つま- claw; fingernail   
コン   あと scar   
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good
ill; illness
ザン   のこ to remain behind   のこ to leave behind   
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three spears
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tasseled spear
サン   み    みっ three   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
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