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こんなに
さかな
ねる
ことめったにないあのオルガン
おと
するようになってからだ。
りょうし
漁師
いったものありました
There was even a fisherman who remarked, “Rarely have I seen the fish this lively. It all began with that organ’s sound!”
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
0 4
so; like this; in this way  (see also: こんな)
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0 2 1
noun
fish
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop
2. to break up; to close; to come to an end
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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rare  (often written with kana only)
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1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
organ (musical instrument)  (originally from Portuguese 'órgão')
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. sound; noise; report
2. note  (music term)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into  (often written with kana only)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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1
fisherman  (sensitive)
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0
Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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3 2 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
チョウ   はねる to jump, to leap   と to vault   
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ギョ   リョウ    fishing   
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スイ   みず water   
シ    teacher; army   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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one turban
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
キン   turban; cloth
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