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あら
なん
だか
にぎやか
はおと
羽音
します
だれ
かえって
でしょう
"Oh my, I hear the noisy sound of someone's wings flapping. Perhaps another crane has returned home."
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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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1 0
interjection (kandoushi)
oh; ah  (female term or language)
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1
Most common form: なんだか
(a) little; somewhat; somehow  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: 賑やか
bustling; busy; lively
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0
noun
1. sound of flapping wings (of a bird)
2. buzz; hum (of an insect)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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1
pronoun
someone; somebody
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1
Most common form: 帰る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to return; to come home; to go home; to go back  (see also: 返る)
2. to leave  (of a guest, customer, etc.)
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: だろう; polite (teineigo) language)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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Kanji
カ   なに    なん what?   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
だれ who   
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little bird
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
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