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きしゅ
騎手
レース
まえ
はや
うま
おさ
えて
たづな
手綱
にぎ
める

Before a horse race, jockeys tightly grip the reins to restrain the impatient horses.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1 2
noun
horseman; rider
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1
noun
1. race
2. lace
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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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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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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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0
bridle; reins
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5
Most common form: 握りしめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to grasp tightly
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Kanji
キ    equestrian   
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バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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little bird
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fire
キ    strange, curious   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
イツ    idleness; diversion, deviation   
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メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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stick   
corner
legs
move
ヨク   おさえる to suppress, to control   
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high-priced, lofty   
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side open box
seal
hand
コウ   つな rope   
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おか hill, Mount   
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wide
サン   やま mountain   
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シ   いと thread   
アク   にぎ to grasp   
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オク   や roof   
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corpse
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
テイ   しめる to close; to fasten   しまる to be closed   
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テイ    sovereign   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
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