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かに
蟹
は
こうら
甲羅
に
に
似
せて
あな
穴
を
ほ
掘
る
。
A crab digs a hole the same size as its shell.
This entire sentence is a set phrase - see
expression
to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell  (idiomatic expression)
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Conjugations and inflections
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Words
か に 0
Most common form: かに
noun
crab  (often written with kana only)
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こ う ら 0 こ う ら 3
noun
1. shell; carapace
2. person's back
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に せ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
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あ な 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. hole  (see also: 穴が開く; also read めど for this sense)
2. deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
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ほ る 1
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to dig; to excavate; to hollow
2. to delve into
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Kanji
蟹
かに crab   
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解
カイ   ゲ   とく to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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角
カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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⺈
corner
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
牛
ギュウ   うし cow   
虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
甲
コウ   カン    #1, first; armor   
羅
ラ    gauze   
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罒
net
維
イ    fiber, rope   
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隹
little bird
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糸
シ   いと thread   
似
ジ   similar   にる to be similar to   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
以
イ    (prefix) or   
穴
ケツ   あな hole   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
宀
roof   
掘
クツ   ほる to dig   
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扌
hand
屈
クツ    yield   
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尸
corpse
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
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