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かわかみ
川上
たけしち
竹七
ごじゅう
五十
さい
すぎていた
Kawakami Takeshichi was over fifty years old.
Source: 鳳仙花川崎長太郎, translation by Bunsuke)
Readings
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ほうせんか
鳳仙花
  #180 - Getting older. by
かわさきちょうたろう
川崎長太郎
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Conjugations and inflections
Names
かわかみ   Kawakami   (place name, surname)  
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たけしち   Takeshichi   (unclassified given name)  
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Words
2
noun
50; fifty
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1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
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Kanji
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
チク   たけ bamboo   
シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
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