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えた
けもの
はたけ
さくもつ
作物
むさぼ
った

The starved beast devoured the crops in the field.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to starve; to thirst; to be hungry
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0
noun
beast; brute; animal
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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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2
noun
produce (e.g. agricultural); crops
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5
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to devour greedily; to wolf down; to gobble up
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Kanji
キ   starving   うえる to starve, to be hungry   
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eat; food
キ    table   
ジュウ   けもの beast, animal   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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small
デン   た rice field   
はた    はたけ cultivated field   
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
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   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
ドン   むさぼ to covet   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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katakana fu   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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