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かのじょ
彼女
こうか
高価
かね
して
そのオルガン
とう
さん
から
ってもらう
ことにしました
The woman decided to have her father spend an exorbitant amount of money to buy the organ for her.
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
がっき
楽器
せいめい
生命
だいにぶ
第二部
  The Life of a Musical Instrument Part II by
おがわみめい
小川未明 (translation: J. D. Wisgo)
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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1
high price
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0
noun
1. money  (see also: お金)
2. metal
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1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take out; to get out
2. to put out; to reveal; to show
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0
noun
organ (musical instrument)  (originally from Portuguese 'órgão')
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2
noun
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada  (see also: 父さん; honorific)
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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1. to decide to  (often written with kana only)
2. to pretend that  (after the past tense form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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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   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
カ   あたい price, value   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
west
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   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
バイ   か to buy   
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net
かい shellfish   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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