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たったこの
あいだ
間
までは、みんなたべものをかくしあって、じぶん
自分
たちのことばかりかんが
考
えていたつる
鶴
たちは、よるとさわるとたべもののけんかで、なかではおたがいにだましたり、きずつけあったりして、ち
血
なまぐさいことばかりで、つる
鶴
たちは、た
食
べもののこと
事
といっしょにせいしんてき
精神的
なしんぱい
心配
で、きょう
今日
はたのしいというひ
日
はついたち
一日
だってありませんでした。
Until recently all the cranes — thinking only of themselves and hiding food from others — would fight over food whenever they came into contact, cruelly deceiving and hurting each other, and as a result the cranes, constantly concerned about food, never had even a single cheerful day.
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
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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Grammar and points of interest
〜的 (てき)
〜的 (てき)
turns a noun into an adjective
たったこの間までは、みんなたべものをかくしあって、自分たちのことばかり考えていた鶴たちは、よるとさわるとたべもののけんかで、なかではおたがいにだましたり、きずつけあったりして、血なまぐさいことばかりで、鶴たちは、食べものの事といっしょに精神的な心配で、今日はたのしいという日は一日だってありませんでした。
いる / います and ある / あります
いる / います and ある / あります
existence; possession
たったこの間までは、みんなたべものをかくしあって、自分たちのことばかり考えていた鶴たちは、よるとさわるとたべもののけんかで、なかではおたがいにだましたり、きずつけあったりして、血なまぐさいことばかりで、鶴たちは、食べものの事といっしょに精神的な心配で、今日はたのしいという日は一日だってありませんでした。
Conjugations and inflections
Words
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to (often written with kana only)2. to (a place); as far as (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 隠し合う
to hide from one another
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pronoun, 'no' adjective
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself2. I; me
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suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific) (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
noun
1. thing; matter (often written with kana only)2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (often written with kana only)
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particle
1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than (often written with kana only)2. approximately; about (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to think about; to take into consideration2. to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something)
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expression
whenever they come together(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
Most common form: 喧嘩
noun, 'suru' verb
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument(click the word to view an additional 3 forms, examples and links)
Most common form: 騙す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to trick; to cheat; to deceive2. to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour) (see also: 宥め賺す)
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Most common form: 傷つけあう
to hurt each other; to wound each other
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2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) (often written with kana only)
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1. reeking of blood; stinking of blood
2. bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
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'na' adjective, noun, 'suru' verb
1. worry; concern; anxietynoun, 'suru' verb
2. care; help; aid; assistance(click the word for examples and links)
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day2. these days; recently; nowadays (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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Most common form: 楽しい
enjoyable; fun
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that (often written with kana only)2. as many as; as much as (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days (this meaning is restricted to form 日)2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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noun
1. first day of the month (usu. 一日 or １日)2. first ten days of the lunar month (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ついたち)
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conjunction
1. after all; because (colloquialism)2. but (colloquialism)
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)2. to have (often written with kana only)
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