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ある
ひ
日
、
つる
鶴
のお
よめ
嫁
さん
は
みず
水
ぎわ
のなかを、
いっしょうけんめい
一生懸命
くちばしでたべものを
さが
探
していました
。
Then one day, the crane wife was prodding desperately with her beak along the water’s edge, searching for something to eat.
Source: 鶴の笛(林芙美子, translation: J. D. Wisgo)
Readings
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つる
鶴
の
ふえ
笛
  The Crane's Flute by
はやしふみこ
林芙美子 (translation: J. D. Wisgo)
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
noun, expression
one day (e.g. "one day while studying, ..")
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つ る 1
Most common form: つる
noun
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
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noun
bride
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み ず ぎ わ 0
Most common form: 水際
noun
1. beach; water's edge
2. coastline; national border; before entering the country
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な か 1
Most common form: 中
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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い っ し ょ う け ん め い 5
'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life  (see also: 一所懸命; yojijukugo)
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く ち ば し 0
noun
beak; bill  (often written with kana only)
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た べ も の 3 た べ も の 2 た べ も の 4
Most common form: 食べ物
noun
food
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さ が す 0 さ が す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to search (for something desired, needed); to look for  (esp. 探す)
2. to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)  (esp. 捜す)
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Kanji
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
鶴
つる crane   
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隺
crane; flying bird
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隹
little bird
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冖
cover; covered   
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
丂
reach
灬
fire
嫁
カ   marry into   とつぐ to marry (into, off)   よめ bride   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
家
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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豕
pig
宀
roof   
水
スイ   みず water   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
懸
ケ   ケン   かける to hang   かかる to be hanging   
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縣
ケン    prefecture   
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系
ケイ    system; lineage   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
県
ケン    prefecture   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
心
シン   こころ heart   
命
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
叩
たたく to strike, beat, hit   
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卩
seal
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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探
タン   さぐる to grope for   さがす to search for   
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扌
hand
罙
net in the tree
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㓁
net
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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丨
stick   
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