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こぶね
小舟
なみ
まにま
ただよ
っていた

The small boat drifted at the mercy of the waves.
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Words
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Most common form: 小船
noun
boat; small craft
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2
noun
wave
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expression
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")  (see also: ; often written with kana only)
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'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drift; to float
2. to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide
dot   
ハ   なみ wave   
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ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
スイ   みず water   
ズイ    follow   
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hill   
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ユウ   ウ   あ to possess; to exist   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
move
ヒョウ   ただよ to drift about, float   
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ヒョウ    ballot, slip of paper   
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west
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
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