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うみ
おもて
かね
/
うみ
どこまでひびくやら line from poem, haiku, dialogue etc.
How far the bell resounds across the waters...
Source: 鯨法会 金子みすゞ
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
くじらほうえ
鯨法会
  Whale Memorial by
かねこみすず
金子みすゞ
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Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
sea; ocean; waters
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3
Most common form:
noun
1. surface  (opposite: )
2. face (i.e. the visible side of an object)
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noun
chimes; toll of a bell
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1
how far; to what extent  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: 響く
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to resound; to be heard far away
2. to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate
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particle
1. denotes uncertainty  (see also: とやら)
2. such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like; A and B and whatnot  (as AやらBやら...)
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Kanji
カイ   うみ ocean   
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スイ   みず water   
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
ショウ   かね bell   
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ドウ   わらべ a child   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
リ   さと village   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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