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てんさい
天災
わす
れた
ころ
やってくる
Natural disasters happen when you've forgotten about the previous ones.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
natural calamity; disaster
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
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Most common form: ころ
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
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1. to come along; to come around; to turn up  (often written with kana only)
2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
サイ   わざわ disaster   
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wavy river   
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ボウ   わすれる to forget   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
シン   こころ heart   
ころ time   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
さじ spoon   
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