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あとせだい
跡世代
なら
みな
ひもじさ
っている

Everyone who grew up right after the war knows hunger.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
expression, noun
generation of Japanese people who were children during the war, and grew up experiencing the wartime firebombing of many places, such as Tokyo and Osaka  (see also: 焼け跡, 世代)
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auxiliary
1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that  (hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle)
2. as for; on the topic of  (this meaning is restricted to reading なら)
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Most common form: みんな
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
2. to notice; to feel
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Kanji
ショウ   や to roast, bake, burn   やける to be burnt   
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ギョウ   たか high   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
grass   
one pair of legs
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legs
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セキ   あと trace, tracks   
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また again; also   
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セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
セ   セイ   よ the world   
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
カイ   みな everyone   
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
チ   し to know   
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シ   や arrow   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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