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するど
した
えず
もち
いる
ことによってますます
えいり
鋭利
なる
ゆいいつ
唯一
はもの
刃物
である
A sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows sharper with constant use.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
3
1. sharp (blade); pointed
2. sharp (pain); stabbing; cutting (remark); stinging; pointed (question or look); screeching (noise)
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1
noun
1. tongue
2. tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
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1
constantly; always; continually; steadily
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Most common form: もちいる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
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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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expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of  (often written with kana only)
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2
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less  (often written with kana only)
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1
sharpness
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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1
only; sole; unique
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1
noun
edged tool; cutlery
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
エイ   するど sharp   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
ゼツ   たえる to die out   たやす to eradicate   た to sever, to cut off   
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シ   いと thread   
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
corner
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
リ    effective, interest, profit, advantage   き to be effective   
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grain
トウ   かたな sword   
ユイ   イ    only   
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little bird
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ジン   は blade   
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dot   
トウ   かたな sword   
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
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