Components

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かれ
さいしょ
最初
じゅんきん
純金
ほそ
せん
ためしました
First, he tried using a very fine wire of pure gold.
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
がっき
楽器
せいめい
生命
だいいちぶ
第一部
  The Life of a Musical Instrument Part I by
おがわみめい
小川未明 (translation: J. D. Wisgo)
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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0
noun
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
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2
1. thin; slender; fine
2. unlucky (billiards slang)  (slang)
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1
Most common form: せん
noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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2
Most common form: 試す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to attempt; to test; to try out
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
サイ   もっと most   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
ジュン    pure   
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シ   いと thread   
トン    barracks   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
サイ   ほそ thin   ほそ to get thin, taper off   こま    こまかい detailed, fine   
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デン   た rice field   
セン   line
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セン   いずみ spring   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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スイ   みず water   
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