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つか
使
われない
きんにく
筋肉
いしゅく
萎縮
する

Unused muscles will atrophy.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
2. to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate  (see also: 人使い)
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1
muscle; sinew
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withering; atrophy; contraction; dwarf
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Kanji
使
シ   つか to use   
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リ    official   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シ    history   
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crossed swords
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キン   すじ muscle   
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ロク   あばら rib   
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ニク body part   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
bamboo
ニク   meat
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ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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wide
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
イ   なえる to lose strength, to become weak, to wither   
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grass   
イ   ゆだねる to entrust, to abandon oneself to   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
grain
シュク   ちぢ to shrink, be diminished   ちぢまる to be shortened   ちぢめる to abridge   ちぢらす to crinkle, crimp   ちぢれる to be frizzled, curly   
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宿
シュク   inn   やど an inn   やど to lodge   やど to give lodgings   
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one hundred men
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
roof   
シ   いと thread   
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