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だみん
惰眠
むさぼ
っていてはいけない

We shouldn’t idle away our time.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
Most common form: 惰眠をむさぼる
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
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Kanji
ダ    laziness   
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heart
サ   ひだり left   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ミン   ねむ to sleep   ねむ sleepy   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ミン   たみ people   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
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