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そしたらカチン
かた
ものくちさわったのであわててくわえたらこの
ふえ
だった
"Then my beak struck something hard with a clink, and when I hurriedly picked it up the object turned out to be this flute."
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
3
then
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2
1. clink; clack  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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0
Most common form: 硬い
1. hard; solid; tough  (esp. 固い amp 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone)
2. stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)
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3 2 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. mouth
2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
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0
Most common form: 触る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to touch; to feel  (often now with を)
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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0
Most common form: 慌てる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic
2. to be in a hurry; to rush  (usu. 慌てて)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to hold in one's mouth  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. flute; fife; pipe; recorder; flageolet; shakuhachi; clarinet
2. whistle
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
コ   かた hard   かたまる to harden   かためる to make hard   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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box, enclosure   
テキ   ふえ flute, whistle   
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ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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bamboo
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