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ぼく
僕
は
ぶつだん
仏壇
に
む
向
かって
すず
鈴
を
な
鳴
らした。
Facing the Buddhist altar, I rang the bell.
Conjugations and inflections
  向かって is the te form of 'u' godan verb 向かう   ALL INFLECTIONS
  鈴を鳴らした is the past form of 'su' godan verb 鈴を鳴らす   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
ぼ く 1
Most common form: ぼく
1. I; me  (male term or language)
2. you  (used addressing young children)
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ぶ つ だ ん 0
noun
Buddhist (household) altar
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む か う 0
Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face
2. to go towards; to head towards
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expression, 'su' godan verb
to ring a bell
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Kanji
僕
ボク    me, I   
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菐
ホク   わずらわしい troublesome   
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业
almost lined up
䒑
grass   
夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
仏
ブツ   Buddha; France   ほとけ Buddha   
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厶
ム   private
壇
ダン   タン    podium   
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亶
sincere, true, whole   
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旦
タン   ダン    dawn   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
㐭
lid revolves
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亠
lid
回
カイ   エ   まわる to revolve   まわす to make turn   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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囗
box, enclosure   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
向
コウ   むかう to confront   むく to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
鈴
レイ   リン   すず a small bell   
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令
レイ    order   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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卩
seal
金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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鳴
メイ   なく to chirp, to twitter   なる to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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鳥
チョウ   とり bird   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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丂
reach
灬
fire
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