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そうそふ
曽祖父
の
だい
代
から
とうきょう
東京
に
す
住
んでいます。
My family has lived in Tokyo since my great-grandfather's time.
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Words
そ う そ ふ 3
Most common form: 曾祖父
noun
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
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だ い 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. charge; cost; price
2. generation; age; reign  (see also: 台・だい)
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と う き ょ う 0
noun
Tokyo
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す む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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Kanji
曽
ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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丷
eight
田
デン   た rice field   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
祖
ソ    ancestor   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
代
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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弋
shoot
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
東
トウ   ひがし east   
京
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亠
lid
住
ジュウ   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
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