Components

Example details

 
おはう
尾羽打
らした
かれ
すがた
姿
るに
しの
びない

It's really unbearable to see him looking so down and out.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
Most common form: 尾羽うち枯らす
expression, 'su' godan verb
to be in a miserable state; to be down and out
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pronoun
1. he; him
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noun
1. figure; form; shape
2. appearance; dress; guise
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expression
So miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch  (idiomatic expression)
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Kanji
ビ   お tail   
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corpse
モウ   fur; hair   け fur   
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
ダ   う to strike   
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hand
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
コ   かれる to wither   からす to let wither; to dry out (tr)   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
姿
シ   すがた appearance, form, shape   
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ジ   シ   つぎ next   つ to come after   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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corner
ice   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ニン   しの to endure; lie hidden   しのばせる to conceal   
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ジン   は blade   
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dot   
トウ   かたな sword   
シン   こころ heart   
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