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せんしゅ
選手
たち
みな
オリンピック
けて
からだ
きた
げています

All the athletes are getting in shape for the Olympics.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
noun
player (in game); team member
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suffix
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: みんな
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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4
noun
Olympics
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expression
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)  (see also: 向ける)
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0
Most common form: 身体
1. body  (see also: 身体; からだ is a gikun reading of 身体)
noun
2. torso; trunk
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5
Most common form: 鍛えあげる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to temper thoroughly  (see also: 鍛える)
2. to train well  (see also: 鍛える)
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Kanji
セン   えら choose   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
move
シュ   hand   て    た-    
カイ   みな everyone   
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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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   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
タン   きたえる to temper, forge   
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ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
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