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おやまア
ずいぶん
随分
ひさ
しぶり
ですどうしたです。。。
よめ
さん
つる
たずねますええひどいめにあいましたよ。
"Oh dear, it's been quite a while. What happened to you all?" asked the crane wife. "Well, we have had such a terrible time."
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
2
Most common form:
noun
1. parent; parents
2. dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)  (see also: )
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1
Most common form: まあ
1. just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now  (when urging or consoling)
2. tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat
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1
Most common form: ずいぶん
1. very; extremely; surprisingly; considerably  (often written with kana only)
2. contemptible; reprehensible  (often written with kana only)
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0 5
a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)
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1
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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noun
bride
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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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3
Most common form: 尋ねる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to ask; to enquire; to inquire
2. to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
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1
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; that is correct; right
2. um; errr
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2
1. cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe  (often written with kana only)
2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 目に会う
expression, 'u' godan verb
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)  (see also: 目を見る)
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1
particle
1. indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.  (at sentence-end)
2. used when calling out to someone  (after a noun)
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Kanji
ズイ    follow   
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hill   
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ユウ   ウ   あ to possess; to exist   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
move
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ク   キュウ   ひさしい a long time   
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   
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
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
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