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うめ
さね
なか
てんじん
天神
ござる kotowaza
Don’t eat ume pits; a heavenly god sleeps inside them
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Words
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noun
1. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum
2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat  (male term or language)
2. to live; to make a living; to survive
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Most common form:
noun
1. pit (of a fruit); stone  (obscure term)
2. core
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noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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noun
1. heavenly god; heavenly gods  (also pronounced てんしん)
2. spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lie down
2. to go to bed; to lie in bed
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Most common form: ご座る
Yodan verb with `ru' ending (archaic), intransitive verb
to be  (see also: 御座在る; usu. ございます in modern Japanese; polite (teineigo) language; archaic; abbreviation; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
バイ   うめ plum tree   
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マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
カク    core, nucleus   
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sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
lid
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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シン   ジン   かみ    かん-    こう- god   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
シン   もう to say   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シン   ねかす to lay down   ね to sleep, to lie down   
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また again   
cover; covered   
yo = to yell / say hi
left side   じょう    しょう    
roof   
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