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クモが
こんちゅう
昆虫
を
と
捕
る
ための
す
巣
を
つく
作
る
のに
じかん
時間
は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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こ ん ち ゅ う 0
insect; bug
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と る 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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す 1 す 0
noun
1. nest; rookery; breeding place; hive
2. den
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つ く る 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; despite; even though; and yet
2. whereas; while
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じ か ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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ほ と ん ど 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
昆
コン    descendants   
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比
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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匕
さじ spoon   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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   
捕
ホ   とる    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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甫
ホ    the first time   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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扌
hand
巣
ソウ   す a nest   
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⺍
small
果
カ    result   はたす to carry out   はて end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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田
デン   た rice field   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
作
サク   サ   つくる to make   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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