Components

Example details

 
ちい
さい
つる
うた
いました

The youngest child began to sing.
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
small; little; tiny
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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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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to sing
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem  (esp. 歌う, 詠う)
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
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
カ   うた to sing   うた song   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
カ    good, possible, approval   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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