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はつなつ
初夏
ひかり
けて
しろ
ひか
なみがしら
波頭
あし
とど
めて
しばし
なが
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
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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3
noun
light
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2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get
2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
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2
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
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0
noun
wave crest; whitecaps
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2
noun
1. foot  (esp. 足)
2. leg  (esp. 脚,肢)
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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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1
for a short while; for a brief period  (often written with kana only)
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to view; to gaze at
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Kanji
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ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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コウ   ひかり light, sunshine   ひか to shine, twinkle   
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ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ハ   なみ wave   
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トウ   ト   ズ   あたま    かしら head   
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
チョウ   ながめる to watch, gaze at   
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