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ふゆ
冬
は
にっしょうじかん
日照時間
が
すく
少
なく
くも
曇
りがちだ。
There are few hours of sunshine in winter, and it tends to be cloudy.
Conjugations and inflections
  少なく is the adverbial form of 'i' adjective 少ない   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
ふ ゆ 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
winter
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に っ し ょ う じ か ん 5
noun
daylight hours; hours of sunshine
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す く な い 3
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
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く も り が ち 0
Most common form: 曇り勝ち
mainly cloudy; tending to be cloudy
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Kanji
冬
トウ   ふゆ winter   
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⺀
ice
夂
go
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
照
ショウ   てる to shine   てらす to illuminate   てれる to be shy, to be embarrassed   
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昭
ショウ    bright, clear   
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召
ショウ   めす to summon   
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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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灬
fire
時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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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   
曇
ドン   cloudy   くもる to be cloudy   
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雲
ウン   くも cloud   
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⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
厶
ム   private
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