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ふこう
不幸
な
こいぬ
子犬
や
こ
子
ねこ
をふやさないために、
ふにん
不妊
きょせい
去勢
しゅじゅつ
手術
をしましょう
So as not to add unhappy puppies and kittens (to the world), let’s sterilize and castrate (animals).
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
ふ こ う 2
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident; death
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こ い ぬ 0
noun
puppy
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こ ね こ 2
Most common form: 子猫
noun
kitten
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ふ や す 2
Most common form: 増やす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to increase; to add to; to augment  (opposite: 減らす)
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た め に 2
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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ふ に ん 0
infertility; sterility; barrenness
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き ょ せ い 0
castration; enervation
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し ゅ じ ゅ つ 1
(surgical) operation; procedure
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
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不
フ   ブ    not   
幸
コウ   さち    しあわせ    さいわい happiness   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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妊
ニン    pregnancy   
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去
キョ   コ   さる leave   
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勢
セイ   vigorous   いきおい vigour, energy   
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手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
術
ジュツ    technique   
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