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ジェーンは
なみだ
涙
を
おさ
抑
える
ことができなかった。
Jane could not stop her tears.
Conjugations and inflections
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Names
ジェーン   Jane/Jaynne/Jayn   (unclassified given name)  
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Words
な み だ 1
Most common form: 泪
noun
1. tear; tears; lachrymal secretion
2. sympathy
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お さ え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb  (esp. 押さえる)
2. to seize; to grasp; to arrest  (esp. 押さえる)
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
涙
ルイ   なみだ tears   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
戻
レイ   もどる to return   もどす to send back   
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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   
戸
コ   と door   
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尸
corpse
抑
ヨク   おさえる to suppress, to control   
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卬
high-priced, lofty   
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匚
side open box
卩
seal
扌
hand
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