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ある
つる
よめ
さん
みず
ぎわ
なか
いっしょうけんめい
一生懸命
くちばしたべもの
さが
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
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
つる
ふえ
  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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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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0
Most common form: 水際
noun
1. beach; water's edge
2. coastline; national border; before entering the country
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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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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0
noun
beak; bill  (often written with kana only)
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3 2 4
Most common form: 食べ物
noun
food
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0 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
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
つる crane   
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crane; flying bird
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little bird
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cover; covered   
チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
reach
fire
カ   marry into   とつ to marry (into, off)   よめ bride   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
スイ   みず water   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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 to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ケ   ケン   かける to hang   かかる to be hanging   
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ケン    prefecture   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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シ   いと thread   
ケン    prefecture   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
シン   こころ heart   
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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タン   さぐ to grope for   さが to search for   
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hand
net in the tree
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net
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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stick   
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