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やがて
きんいろ
金色
そら
から
いちわ
一羽
にわ
二羽
さんわ
三羽
よんわ
四羽
むら
すてていった
つる
たち
ふえ
ねいろ
音色
さそわれてもどって
っま
ました

Before long, the cranes who had abandoned the village returned, one after another, lured by the flute's sound.
Source: 鶴の笛林芙美子, translation: J. D. Wisgo
Readings
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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
0 3
1. before long; soon  (often written with kana only)
2. almost; nearly  (often written with kana only)
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0
golden (colour, color)
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1
noun
1. sky; the air; the heavens
2. weather
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noun
one (bird)
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noun
two (birds)
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noun
three (birds)
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noun
four (birds)
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2
noun
village
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0
Most common form: 捨てる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard
2. to abandon; to desert; to leave
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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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suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)  (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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0
1. tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
2. synthesizer patch; synthesiser patch
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to invite; to ask; to call (for)  (いざなう is arch)
2. to tempt; to lure; to induce
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2
Most common form: 戻る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn back (e.g. half-way)
2. to return; to go back
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Kanji
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
サン   み    みっ three   
シ   four   よ    よ    よっ    よん    
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ソン   むら village   
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つる crane   
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テキ   ふえ flute, whistle   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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