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この
とうげいか
陶芸家
さくひん
作品
せんだい
先代
くら
べても
そんしょく
遜色
がない

This potter's work is comparable to that of his predecessors.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
potter
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noun
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
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noun
family predecessor; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to compare; to make a comparison  (see also: 見比べる)
2. to compete; to vie  (see also: 力比べ)
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expression, 'i' adjective
bears comparison with (something); compares favorably with (something); compares favourably with (something); isn't inferior to (something)  (see also: 遜色のない)
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Kanji
トウ    pottery, porcelain   
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hill   
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wrapped up can
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wrap
カン    can   
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ゲイ    technique   
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grass   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
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   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヒン    elegance   しな goods   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
ソン    humble, modest   
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ソン   まご grandchild   
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ケイ    system; lineage   
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シ   いと thread   
child   
move
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
corner
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