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いくど
幾度
おの
めて
また
かえ

After burying the hatchet so many times, we always dig it up again.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
adverb, noun
(how) many times; (how) often
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1
Most common form: おの
noun
axe; hatchet
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to bury (e.g. in the ground)
2. to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed
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0
adverb, conjunction, prefix
again; and; also; still (doing something)  (often written with kana only)
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3 0
Most common form: 堀り返す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up
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Kanji
キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
tasseled spear
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
また again   
フ   おの axe   
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フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
マイ   うめる to bury   うまる be buried   うもれる be buried (in oblivion)   
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リ   さと village   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
クツ   ほ to dig   
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hand
クツ    yield   
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corpse
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ヘン   かえ to return, to come back   かえ to return (something)   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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cliff
move
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