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でんしゃ
電車
ほろ
おっさん
はいく
俳句
しい
われた

The tipsy middle-aged guy on the train asked me to look at his haiku.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
train; electric train
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slight intoxication; being tipsy
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noun
1. middle-aged man  (abbreviation; derogatory; familiar language)
2. Buddhist priest  (abbreviation; familiar language)
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noun
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
デン    electricity   
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electricity
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second   おつ    
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
フ   あめ rain   
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シャ   くるま car   
スイ   drunk   よ to be drunk, feel sick   
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nine out of ten
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
ハイ    actor; haiku   
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ヒ   mistake
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ク    verse, phrase   
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wrap
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ヨク   ほしい want   ほっする to want   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
コク   たに valley   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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