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クモ
こんちゅう
昆虫
ため
つく
のに
じかん
時間
ほとんどかからない
In no time at all, a spider can make a web so as to catch insects.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
noun
spider  (often written with kana only)
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insect; bug
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1
Most common form: 獲る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to take; to catch; to capture
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noun
the same (age, social status); peer  (colloquialism)
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1 0
noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct  (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating)
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
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particle
1. although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that
2. while
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost  (often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)  (see also: 時間がかかる; often written with kana only)
2. to hang  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
コン    descendants   
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
チュウ   むし insect   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ホ   と    とらえる    つかまえる to catch, to grasp   とらわれる    つかまる to be caught   
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ホ    the first time   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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hand
ソウ   す a nest   
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small
カ    result   はたす to carry out   は end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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デン   た rice field   
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   
サク   サ   つく to make   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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モン   かど gate   
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