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この
かくげん
格言
から、
いす
椅子
に
なが
長
く
すわ
座
る
ことや
うんどうぶそく
運動不足
が
じんぞう
腎臓
を
よわ
弱
く
し、
ようつう
腰痛
を
ひ
引
き
お
起
こす
かのうせい
可能性
が
たか
高
い
ということが
わ
分
かります
。
The proverb makes us realize that sitting on a chair for a long time or a lack of exercise is likely to weaken kidneys and cause low back pain.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
か く げ ん 0 か く げ ん 2
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
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い す 0
noun
1. chair; stool
2. post; office; position
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な が い 2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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す わ る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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う ん ど う ぶ そ く 5
insufficient exercise
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じ ん ぞ う 0
kidney
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よ わ い 2
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
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よ う つ う 0
Most common form: ようつう
lower back (or hip) pain; lumbago
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ひ き お こ す 4
Most common form: 引起こす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to cause; to induce; to bring about
2. to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
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expression, 'i' adjective
very likely; very probable
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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わ か る 2
Most common form: わかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
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格
カク   コウ    status, rank   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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椅
イ    chair   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
長
チョウ   ながい long   
座
ザ   すわる to sit   
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運
ウン   carry; luck   はこぶ to carry   
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動
ドウ   うごく to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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不
フ   ブ    not   
足
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
腎
ジン    kidney   
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臓
ゾウ    entrails   
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弱
ジャク   よわい weak   よわる to weaken, to be troubled   よわまる to weaken, to abate   よわめる to weaken, to break the force of   
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腰
ヨウ   loins; waist   こし loins, waist, hips   
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痛
ツウ   いたい painful   いたむ to hurt, be painful   いためる to hurt, damage   
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引
イン   ひく to pull   ひける to be over   
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起
キ   おきる to wake up, to get up   おこる to happen   おこす to rouse   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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能
ノウ    ability   
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性
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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高
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たかい expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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