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その
はし
こうばい
勾配
きゅう
わたし
らんかん
欄干
つか
まって
わた
った

As the bridge was too steep, I clutched the handrail while crossing.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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Most common form: はし
noun
bridge
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noun
slope; incline; gradient; grade; pitch
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1. urgent; sudden; abrupt
2. sharp; steep; precipitous
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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Most common form: 欄杆
noun
1. guardrail; handrail; bannister; balustrade; parapet
2. (a person) shining like the stars or moon; (a person) crying endlessly  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 欄干, 闌干)
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Most common form: 捕まる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught; to be arrested  (usu. 捕まる)
2. to hold on to; to grasp  (usu. 掴まる; often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to cross over; to go across  (usu. 渡る or 渉る)
2. to extend; to cover; to range; to span  (see also: にわたって; usu. 亘る or 亙る)
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Kanji
キョウ   はし a bridge   
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キョウ    lofty   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ドン   drink   の to swallow   
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calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
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   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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stick   
コウ    capture   
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wrap
ム   private
ハイ   くば to distribute   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
キュウ   いそ to hurry   
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シン   こころ heart   
corner
yo = to yell / say hi
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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grain
ラン    column   
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トウ   ひがし east   
モン   かど gate   
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カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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つかまる to be caught   つか    つかまえる to catch   
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hand
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
box, enclosure   
ト   わた to cross   わた to hand over   
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ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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广
stony cliff
廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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また again   
スイ   みず water   
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