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ナマズ
こざかな
小魚
カエル
どんしょく
貪食
する

The catfish devours smaller fish and frogs.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
0
noun
1. catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus)  (often written with kana only)
2. earthquake  (archaic)
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noun
small fish; fry
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0
noun
1. frog  (often written with kana only)
2. kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)  (see also: 河鹿蛙)
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voracity; ravenousness
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ギョ   さかな    うお fish   
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corner
デン   た rice field   
fire
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
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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