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きしゅ
騎手
は、レースの
まえ
前
に、
はや
逸
る
うま
馬
を
おさ
抑
えて
、
たづな
手綱
を
にぎ
握
り
し
締
める
。
Before a horse race, jockeys tightly grip the reins to restrain the impatient horses.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
き し ゅ 1 き し ゅ 2
noun
horseman; rider
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レ ー ス 1
noun
1. race
2. lace
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ま え 1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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to be in high spirits; to be impatient; to be hotblooded; to be rash; to be impetuous  (often written with kana only)
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う ま 2
noun
1. horse
2. horse racing  (see also: 競馬:けいば; this meaning is restricted to reading うま)
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お さ え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb  (esp. 押さえる)
2. to seize; to grasp; to arrest  (esp. 押さえる)
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た づ な 0
bridle; reins
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に ぎ り し め る 5
Most common form: 握りしめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to grasp tightly
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Kanji
騎
キ    equestrian   
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馬
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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隹
little bird
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灬
fire
奇
キ    strange, curious   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
前
ゼン   まえ before   
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刖
the body part and the sword
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⺼
ニク body part   
刂
トウ   かたな sword   
䒑
grass   
逸
イツ    idleness; diversion, deviation   
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免
メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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丨
stick   
⺈
corner
儿
legs
⻌
move
抑
ヨク   おさえる to suppress, to control   
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卬
high-priced, lofty   
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匚
side open box
卩
seal
扌
hand
綱
コウ   つな rope   
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岡
おか hill, Mount   
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冂
wide
山
サン   やま mountain   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
握
アク   にぎる to grasp   
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屋
オク   や roof   
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尸
corpse
至
シ   いたる to reach, to lead to   
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厶
ム   private
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
締
テイ   しめる to close; to fasten   しまる to be closed   
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帝
テイ    sovereign   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
冖
cover; covered   
巾
キン   turban; cloth
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