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うえ
上
の
ほう
方
がどうなっているかなんて、
わたし
私
のような
まったん
末端
の
にんげん
人間
には
けんとう
見当
もつかない。
For someone like me on the fringes, I can't even begin to guess what the people at the top are doing.
Source: 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド(村上 春樹)
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
う え 0 う え 2
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
2. top; summit
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ほ う 1
noun
1. direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
2. side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
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ど う 2
how; in what way; how about  (see also: 斯う, 然う, ああ; often written with kana only)
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な る 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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な ん て 1
noun or verb acting prenominally, adverb
1. how ...!; what ...!  (often written with kana only)
2. how about …?; what do you say to …?  (In this sense, なんて frames the action as “just an idea,” making the suggestion sound lighter and more tentative than ~のはどうですか.)
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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ま っ た ん 0
end; tip; extremities; terminal  (see also: 末端価格, 末端消費者)
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に ん げ ん 0
noun
1. human being; person; man; mankind; humankind
2. character (of a person)
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: に, は)
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け ん と う 3
noun
aim; mark; estimate; guess; approximation; direction
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つ く 1
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to arrive at; to reach
2. to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)  (see also: 席に着く)
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Kanji
上
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼる to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼす to bring up   
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
末
マツ   バツ   すえ end   
端
タン   edge   は    はし    はた    
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而
ジ   しかも and then, moreover   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
当
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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⺌
small
ヨ
yo = to yell / say hi
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