Components

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ことし
今年
つゆ
梅雨
はや
はじ
まる
おも
います

Do you think the rainy season will start early this year?
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Words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this year
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1
noun
1. rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
2. rain during the rainy season
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2
1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk  (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
2. early (in the day, etc.); premature  (esp. 早い)
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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バイ   うめ plum tree   
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マイ   every, each
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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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stick   
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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ム   private
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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