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ちい
もの
みみ
たしか。ほんとうに
こども
子供
たち
いうとおりこのオルガン
ゆかい
愉快
おと
しない。こわれているから。しかし
おれ
もうそれ
あたら
しく
つく
だけ
きりょく
気力
なくなった。このオルガン
やくめ
役目
これまでに
じゅうぶん
十分
たした
はず……。」
"The ears of the young ones are honest. As the children say, this organ indeed does not make a pleasant sound. That’s because it is broken. But I no longer have the energy to make a new organ. This one has adequately served its purpose…"
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
がっき
楽器
せいめい
生命
だいさんぶ
第三部
  The Life of a Musical Instrument Part III 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
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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2
noun
1. ear
2. hearing
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1
Most common form: 確か
1. sure; certain; positive; definite
2. reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact
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3
noun
children
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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 1
Most common form: 通り
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road
2. coming and going; street traffic
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0
noun
organ (musical instrument)  (originally from Portuguese 'órgão')
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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
(within a) city; local  (opposite: 市外)
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0
I; me  (sounds rough or arrogant; male term or language)
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1 0
1. now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
2. already; yet; by now; (not) anymore  (see also: すでに)
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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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newly; new; anew
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2
Most common form: 作る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct  (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating)
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
willpower; energy; vitality; motivation
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing  (often written with kana only)
2. to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more  (often written with kana only)
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3
noun
duty; business; role
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before now; hitherto  (often written with kana only)
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3
1. plenty; enough; sufficient; satisfactory; adequate
2. division into ten  (this meaning is restricted to form 十分)
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2
Most common form: 果す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to fulfill; to fulfil; to realize; to execute; to perform; to do
2. to do ... completely; to do ... entirely  (after the -masu stem of a verb)
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0
noun
1. expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be  (often written with kana only)
2. nock (of a bow)
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Kanji
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジ   みみ ear   
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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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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おれ me, I   
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シン   あたらしい    あら    にい- new   
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ゾウ   つく to build, to produce   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ヤク   エキ    office, role; service   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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カ    result   はたす to carry out   は end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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