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とうき
投機
つづ
ける
けいがく
渓壑
ゆえ
もの
It is because of your extreme greed that you keep betting.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
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Most common form: 谿壑
noun
1. ravine; chasm
2. ravenous desire; insatiable desire
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Most common form: ゆえ
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
reason; cause; circumstances  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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Kanji
トウ   なげる to throw (something)   
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lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
hand
キ    machine   はた loom   
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キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
tasseled spear
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
stick   
ゾク   つづ to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
ケイ    mountain stream   
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
つめ claw; fingernail   
スイ   みず water   
gully   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
gully   
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cover; covered   
divining rod
コク   たに valley   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ぼく strike   
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