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わたしたち
くうき
空気
こきゅう
呼吸
して
きている

We live our lives breathing air.
Source: 言語にとって美とはなにか吉本隆明, translation by Bunsuke)
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
げんご
言語
にとって
とはなにか  #146 - Language is like breathing. by
よしもとたかあき
吉本隆明
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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1
noun
1. air; atmosphere
2. mood; situation  (see also: 空気を読む)
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0
1. breathing; respiration
noun
2. knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to live; to exist
2. to make a living; to subsist
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Kanji
クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
コ   よ to call   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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オ   コ    question mark   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
eight
hook
キュウ   す to suck, inhale   
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キュウ   およ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   およ and, as well as   
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three
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
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