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ぼく
こと
たえ
なる
しら
調
いしれた

I was entranced by the mysteriously beautiful melodies of the koto.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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Most common form: ぼく
1. I; me  (male term or language)
2. you  (used addressing young children)
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noun
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
2. stringed instrument  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading こと)
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exquisite (e.g. melody); melodious; delicate; enchanting  (see also: 妙なる調べ)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated
2. to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
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Kanji
ボク    me, I   
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ホク   わずらわしい troublesome   
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almost lined up
grass   
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キン   こと koto (Japanese harp)   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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katakana fu   
ミョウ    strange; mysterious   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととの to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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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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stick   
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
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