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ぼく
僕
は
こと
琴
の
たえ
妙
なる
しら
調
べ
に
よ
酔
いしれた
。
I was entranced by the mysteriously beautiful melodies of the koto.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
ぼ く 1
Most common form: ぼく
1. I; me  (male term or language)
2. you  (used addressing young children)
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こ と 1
noun
1. koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
2. stringed instrument  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading こと)
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た え な る 1
exquisite (e.g. melody); melodious; delicate; enchanting  (see also: 妙なる調べ)
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し ら べ る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
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よ い し れ る 4
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
僕
ボク    me, I   
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菐
ホク   わずらわしい troublesome   
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业
almost lined up
䒑
grass   
夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
琴
キン   こと koto (Japanese harp)   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
今
コン   キン   いま now   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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㇇
katakana fu   
妙
ミョウ    strange; mysterious   
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少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
女
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   ととのう to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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周
シュウ   まわり circumference   
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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酔
スイ   drunk   よう to be drunk, feel sick   
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卆
nine out of ten
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九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
酉
sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
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