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たか
鷹
は
するど
鋭
い
かぎづめ
鈎爪
を
ひら
開
いて
は
と
閉
じ
、
ひら
開
いて
は
と
閉
じ
はじ
始
めた
。
The hawk began to open and close its sharp claws repeatedly.
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Words
Most common form: たか
noun
falcon (Falconidae spp.); hawk  (often written with kana only)
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す る ど い 3
1. sharp (blade); pointed
2. sharp (pain); stabbing; cutting (remark); stinging; pointed (question or look); screeching (noise)
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か ぎ つ め 2
Most common form: かぎ爪
noun
claw; talon  (see also: 扁爪)
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ひ ら く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
2. to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
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と じ る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
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は じ め る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
2. to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)
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Kanji
鷹
オウ   たか hawk   
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鳥
チョウ   とり bird   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
丂
reach
灬
fire
雁
ガン    wild goose   
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倠
the man with the little bird
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
隹
little bird
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厂
cliff
鋭
エイ   するどい sharp   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
鈎
爪
つめ    つま- claw; fingernail   
開
カイ   あく to (be) open   あける    ひらく to open (something)   ひらける to open out (eg view)   
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开
start, initiate   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
門
モン   かど gate   
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閉
ヘイ   closed   しまる to be closed   しめる to close   とじる to close, to finish   とざす to shut, to lock   
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オ
katakana 'o'
始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
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