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とういん
頭韻
れい
しゅうしゅう
収集
する
ためにシェークスピア
さくひん
作品
しら
調
べた

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Words
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alliteration
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Most common form: れい
noun, noun (prefix), 'no' adjective
1. custom; practice; habit; usual
2. said; aforementioned
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gathering up; collection; accumulation
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conjunction
1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of  (often written with kana only)
2. because of; as a result of  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: シェイク
shake
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noun
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
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Kanji
トウ   ト   ズ   あたま    かしら head   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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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   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
イン    rhyme   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
イン    employee   
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レイ   example   たとえる to illustrate, to compare   たとえば for example   
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レツ    row   
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トウ   かたな sword   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シュウ   おさめる to supply; to pay; to achieve; to obtain   
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connect; 'join the vine'   
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stick   
また again   
シュウ   あつめる to gather   あつまる    つど to assemble   
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little bird
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
サク   サ   つく to make   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ヒン    elegance   しな goods   
調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととの to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
wide
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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