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くちびる
んで
わら
こら
えなければならなかった

I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
lips
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Most common form: かむ
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to bite
2. to chew; to gnaw; to masticate
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noun
1. laugh; laughter  (see also: 笑う)
2. smile  (see also: 笑う)
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with  (see also: 耐える; often written with kana only)
ichidan verb, transitive verb
2. to restrain; to control; to keep a check on  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シン   くちびる lips   
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シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
cliff
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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to bite   かじる to chew; to dabble   
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シ   は tooth   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
open box
ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   たえる to endure, withstand   
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ジン   はなはだしい excessive, severe   はなは immensely, greatly   
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カン   あま sweet, indulgent   あまえる to behave like a spoiled child   あまやかす to pamper   
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廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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ヒツ   ひき counter for animals   
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legs
side open box
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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