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かれ
そうそん
曽孫
かお
まで
きた

He lived to meet his great-grandchildren.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
noun
great-grandchild
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1. to see; to see the face (of)
2. to meet
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0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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noun or verb acting prenominally
live; living  (see also: 生きる)
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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eight
デン   た rice field   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ソン   まご grandchild   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   いと thread   
child   
ガン   かお face   
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ひこ boy (archaic)   
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standing on the cliff
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
fur, bristles, beard   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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legs
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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