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リーさんいつもどうやって
くに
かぞくれんらくしますメール
こと
おお
です
"Lee, how do you usually contact your family back home?" "I often write emails."
Conjugations and inflections
Names
リー   Leigh (Britain)/(f) Ri/Li/Lie   (place name)  
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Words
suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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1
adverb, noun
1. always; usually; every time  (often written with kana only)
2. never  (with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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expression
how; in what way; by what means  (see also: 如何して)
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0
noun
1. country; state
2. region
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1
Most common form: 家族
family; members of a family
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0
Most common form: 連絡
1. to contact; to get in touch  (see also: ご連絡)
noun
2. contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message  (see also: ご連絡)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. email  (abbreviation)
noun
2. mail (usu. in phrases and compound words)
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1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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1 2
many; numerous
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Kanji
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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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   
dot   
box, enclosure   
ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
タ   おお many   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
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