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はつなつ
初夏
の
ひかり
光
を
う
受
けて
しろ
白
く
ひか
光
る
なみがしら
波頭
を、
あし
足
を
とど
止
めて
しばし
なが
眺
める
。
They stopped and looked for a while at the shining white peaks of the waves catching the light of the early summer sun.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
は つ な つ 1
noun
1. early summer
2. fourth month of the lunar calendar  (obsolete term; this meaning is restricted to reading しょか)
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ひ か り 3
noun
light
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う け る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get
2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
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し ろ い 2
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ひ か る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
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な み が し ら 0
noun
wave crest; whitecaps
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あ し 2
noun
1. foot  (esp. 足)
2. leg  (esp. 脚,肢)
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と め る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop; to turn off  (esp. 止める, 停める)
2. to park  (esp. 止める, 停める)
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し ば し 1
for a short while; for a brief period  (often written with kana only)
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な が め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to view; to gaze at
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Kanji
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初
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじめ beginning   -ぞめ first doing of   
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夏
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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光
コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひかる to shine, twinkle   
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受
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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波
ハ   なみ wave   
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頭
トウ   ト   ズ   あたま    かしら head   
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足
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
眺
チョウ   ながめる to watch, gaze at   
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