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はる
といえば
さくら
スポットライト
たり
がちだが
さくら
まさ
とも
おと
らない
はな
ある
うめ
はな

When it comes to spring, cherry blossoms tend to get the spotlight, but there is a flower that is just as iconic as the cherry blossom. That flower is the plum blossom.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. spring; springtime
2. New Year
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expression
speaking of  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. cherry tree; cherry blossom
2. decoy; fake buyer; shill  (also 偽客)
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5
noun
spotlight
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1
Most common form: あたり
noun
1. hit
2. success
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suffix
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do (used to describe a negative tendency)  (often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: ですが
conjunction
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
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2 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival
2. to outweigh; to preponderate
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1
companion; follower; attendant; retinue  (see also: お供)
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0 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
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2
noun
1. flower; blossom; bloom; petal
2. cherry blossom
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
ume (plum) blossoms  (see also: 梅花)
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Kanji
シュン   はる spring   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
オウ   さくら cherry tree   
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small
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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   
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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small
yo = to yell / say hi
ショウ   か to win   まさ to be better than   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
チン    royal 'we', emperor's pronoun   
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ニク body part   
relation
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eight
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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レツ   inferior   おと to be inferior to   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
カ   はな flower   
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grass   
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さじ spoon   
バイ   うめ plum tree   
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マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
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