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5
かい
まで
かいだん
階段
がった
だけ
いき
れる
なんて
きた
かた
りない

I can't believe I'm out of breath just from climbing stairs to the fifth floor. Not enough exercise.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
Most common form: かい
noun, noun (suffix)
1. storey; story; floor
noun
2. stairs  (see also: )
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0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
stairs; stairway; staircase
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised  (opposite: 下がる)
2. to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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0
expression, ichidan verb
1. to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to lose one's breath
2. to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to collapse
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1
noun or verb acting prenominally, adverb
1. how ..!; what ..!  (often written with kana only)
2. what (questioning)
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noun
how to train
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0
1. insufficient; not enough; lacking  (opposite: 足りる)
2. dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
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Kanji
カイ    floor   
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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    
hill   
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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   
stick   
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
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   
ソク   いき breath   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
シン   こころ heart   
セツ   サイ   き to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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シチ   なな    なな    なの seven   
トウ   かたな sword   
タン   きたえる to temper, forge   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
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