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ひかり
たい
して
すご
びんかん
敏感
なのです
My eyes are very sensitive to light.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
1
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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3
noun
light
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Most common form: に對して
expression
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with  (see also: に対する)
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2 1
awfully; very; immensely  (see also: 凄い; often written with kana only)
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0
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; sensitive (to); well attuned to
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Most common form: なんです
auxiliary
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...  (see also: のです; polite (teineigo) language)
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Kanji
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひか to shine, twinkle   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
one pair of legs
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
legs
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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スン   inch
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
セイ    weird   
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ice   
サイ   つま wife   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
slashed yo
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yo; yell
stick   
ビン    cleverness   
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マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
ぼく strike   
カン    feelings   
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all, together, same   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シン   こころ heart   
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