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た
かえって来た
つる
鶴
たちはよろこんで
なみだ
涙
を
なが
流
しました
。
Overjoyed, the cranes who had returned broke out in tears.
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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Conjugations and inflections
Words
か え る 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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つ る 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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よ ろ こ ん で 3
Most common form: 喜んで
with pleasure ...
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な み だ 1
Most common form: 泪
noun
1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
2. sympathy
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な が す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to drain; to pour; to spill; to shed (blood, tears)  (see also: 涙を流す)
2. to wash away
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Kanji
来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
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丷
eight
未
ミ    not yet   
鶴
つる crane   
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隺
crane; flying bird
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隹
little bird
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冖
cover; covered   
鳥
チョウ   とり bird   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
丂
reach
灬
fire
涙
ルイ   なみだ tears   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
戻
レイ   もどる to return   もどす to send back   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
戸
コ   と door   
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尸
corpse
流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush    
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㐬
private lidded river
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
川
セン   かわ river   
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丨
stick   
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