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かんぱ
寒波
みず
こお
ってしまい
すいせん
水栓
ひね
っても
みず
ない

The cold snap froze the water (in the pipes). Even after I turned on the faucet, no water came out.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
noun
cold wave
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0
noun
1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)  (see also: ; み is generally used in compounds)
2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
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0
noun
faucet; water tap
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2
Most common form: ひねる
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)  (often written with kana only)
2. to puzzle over  (often written with kana only)
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1
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out  (opposite: 入る)
2. to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
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Kanji
カン   さむ cold   
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ice
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
ハ   なみ wave   
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ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
スイ   みず water   
スイ   みず water   
トウ   こお to freeze   こごえる to be chilled, numbed, frozen   
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ice   
トウ   ひがし east   
セン    plug   
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ゼン   まった entirely   すべ everything   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ネン    twist   
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ネン    idea, thought   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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katakana fu   
シン   こころ heart   
hand
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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