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かえって来た
つる
たちよろこんで
なみだ
なが
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
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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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Conjugations and inflections
Words
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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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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3
Most common form: 喜んで
with pleasure ...
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1
Most common form:
noun
1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
2. sympathy
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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
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
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
ルイ   なみだ tears   
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スイ   みず water   
レイ   もど to return   もど to send back   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コ   と door   
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corpse
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   なが to pour out, to flush    
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private lidded river
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
セン   かわ river   
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stick   
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