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うみ
のぞ
みながら
はるか
いこく
異国
から
もと
この
ゆかい
愉快
おと
がっき
楽器
なんにん
何人
によって
かな
でられたり
またこの
がっき
楽器
ひびく
よる
ちょうどいい
つきよ
月夜
まち
なか
ある
いている
ひと
たち
あゆ
とめてしばらくそば
たてもの
建物
なか
からもれるオルガン
ねいろ
音色
きとれている
さま
など
そうぞう
想像
せずにはいられなかった
であります
Looking across the sea she could not help but imagine how, in some distant land, people were playing the soothing organ, or how, on a night when the wind carried the organ’s music and the moonlight was just right, people walking through the city would stop and listen, enchanted by the beautiful sound of the organ coming from inside a nearby building.
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
noun
sea; ocean; waters
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0 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to desire
2. to wish for; to expect
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1
far; far away; distant; remote; far off  (often written with kana only)
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0
foreign country
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2
Most common form: から
emptiness; vacuum; blank
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2
under (esp. influence or guidance)  (sometimes written 元)
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1
pleasant; happy
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report
2. note  (music term)
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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
musical instrument
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expression, noun, 'no' adjective, adverb
some people; a few people; several people
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expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of  (often written with kana only)
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to play an instrument (esp. string instruments)
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
2. to dance  (obsolete term)
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0
adverb, conjunction, prefix
again; and; also; still (doing something)  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: なり
noun
ringing; sound
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2
Most common form: 響く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to resound; to be heard far away
2. to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
evening; night
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0 3
1. exactly; precisely; just; right  (often written with kana only)
2. as if; as though; quite  (often written with kana only)
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1
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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2
noun
moonlit night
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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2
noun
people
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3
Most common form: あゆみ
noun
1. walking
2. progress; advance
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0
Most common form: 止める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to turn off  (esp. 止める, 停める)
2. to park  (esp. 止める, 停める)
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2
1. little while; short while; moment; instant  (often written with kana only)
2. a while; quite a time  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while  (often written with kana only)
2. third person
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2 3
noun
building
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2
Most common form: 漏れる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leak out; to escape; to come through; to shine through; to filter out
2. to find expression; to give vent
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0
noun
organ (musical instrument)  (originally from Portuguese 'órgão')
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0
1. tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
2. synthesizer patch; synthesiser patch
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0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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2 0
Most common form: 有様
noun
state; condition; circumstances; the way things are or should be; truth
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particle
1. et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth  (often written with kana only)
2. or something  (after an approximate quote or vague suggestion; often written with kana only)
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0
imagination; guess
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expression
be; is  (see also: である, です; formal or literary polite copula; polite (teineigo) language)
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Kanji
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カイ   うみ ocean   
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ボウ   モウ   のぞ to wish for   
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イ   こと different   
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コク   くに country   
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クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
ユ    pleasure   
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カイ   こころよ comfortable, pleasant, refreshing   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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キ   うつわ utensil   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ソウ   かなでる to play an instrument   
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メイ   な to chirp, to twitter   な to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
カイ   ガイ   まち town, thoroughfare, street   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ケン   コン   た to be built   たてる to build   
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ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ユウ   ウ   あ to possess; to exist   
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ヨウ   さま Mr / Mrs   
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ソウ   ソ    idea, thought   
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ゾウ    statue, image   
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