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「なぜ
か
蚊
は
ひと
人
を
おそ
襲
う
のか」 title of book, album etc.
Why Do Mosquitoes Attack People?
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
な ぜ 1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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か 0
noun
mosquito
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ひ と 0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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お そ う 0 お そ う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down
2. to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)
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particle
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle)
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Kanji
蚊
か mosquito   
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文
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
襲
シュウ   おそう to attack   
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龍
リュウ   たつ dragon   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
衣
イ   ころも clothes   
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