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わたし
そふ
祖父
かたみ
形見
はだみはな
肌身離
さず
っている

I always carry a keepsake of my grandfather.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1. grandfather
2. old man  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading おおじ)
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noun
memento; souvenir
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1
adverb, expression
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
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1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ソ    ancestor   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
ケイ   ギョウ   shape   かたち    かた    
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start, initiate   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
fur, bristles, beard   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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legs
はだ skin, complexion   
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キ    table   
ニク body part   
シン   み body, person   
リ   はなれる to be separated, detached   はな to separate, to detach   
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little bird
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rare beast   
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tracks, footprint   
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wide
キョウ    villain   
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crossed swords
open box
lid
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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