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かれ
ほっかいどう
北海道
たくしょく
拓殖
はんせい
半生
ささ
げた

He devoted half of his life to developing Hokkaido.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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3
noun
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
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0
colonization; colonisation; exploitation
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1 0
noun
half a lifetime
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to lift up
2. to give; to offer; to consecrate
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ホク   きた north   
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さじ spoon   
left side   じょう    しょう    
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   
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
タク    clear the way   
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hand
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ショク   ふえる to increase, to swell   ふやす to augment, multiply   
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チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なお to correct   なお to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
ハン   なか half   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
eight
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 to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ホウ   ささげる to devote, to dedicate (oneself to)   
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ホウ   ブ   たてまつ to present, offer, revere   
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three men
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サン   み    みっ three   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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