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う
飢
えた
けもの
獣
は、
はたけ
畑
の
さくもつ
作物
を
むさぼ
貪
り
く
食
った
。
The starved beast devoured the crops in the field.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
う え る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to starve; to thirst; to be hungry
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け も の 0
noun
beast; brute; animal
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は た け 2
noun
1. field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
noun, suffix
2. field (of specialization); sphere; area  (ばたけ when suf; this meaning is restricted to reading はたけ)
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さ く も つ 2
noun
produce (e.g. agricultural); crops
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む さ ぼ り く う 5
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
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Kanji
飢
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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飠
eat; food
几
キ    table   
獣
ジュウ   けもの beast, animal   
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犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺍
small
田
デン   た rice field   
畑
はた    はたけ cultivated field   
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火
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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丷
eight
作
サク   サ   つくる to make   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
丨
stick   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
貪
ドン   むさぼる to covet   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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㇇
katakana fu   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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