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せいしょく
生殖
ほんのう
本能
は
にんげんせい
人間性
に
ふか
深
く
ねざ
根差
している
。
The reproduction instinct is deeply rooted in human nature.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
せ い し ょ く 0
reproduction
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ほ ん の う 1 ほ ん の う 0 ほ ん の う 3
instinct
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に ん げ ん せ い 0
noun
humanity; human nature
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ふ か い 2
1. deep  (opposite: 浅い)
2. profound
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ね ざ す 2
Most common form: 根ざす
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
to come from; to have roots in
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Kanji
生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
殖
ショク   ふえる to increase, to swell   ふやす to augment, multiply   
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直
チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なおす to correct   なおる to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
能
ノウ    ability   
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匕
さじ spoon   
䏍
private month
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厶
ム   private
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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性
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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忄
heart
深
シン   ふかい deep   ふかめる to fill   ふかまる to deepen   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
罙
net in the tree
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㓁
net
根
コン   ね root   
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艮
good
差
サ    difference, distinction   さす to put (up), to raise   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
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