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そふ
祖父
はいつも
わか
若
いころ
の
おも
思
い
で
出
を
なつ
懐
かし
そうに
ふ
振
り
かえ
返
って
わたし
私
に
はな
話
して
くれる。
My grandfather always looks back on his memories from his youth with nostalgia and tells me about them.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
そ ふ 1
1. grandfather
2. old man  (see also: 爺; this meaning is restricted to reading おおじ)
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い つ も 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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Most common form: 若い頃
expression, noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
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お も い で 0
noun
memories; recollections; reminiscence
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dear; desired; missed
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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ふ り か え る 3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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は な す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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Ichidan verb - kureru special class, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given  (くれ is an irregular alternative imperative form; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
祖
ソ    ancestor   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
若
ジャク   ニャク   わかい young   もしくは or   
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右
ウ   ユウ   みぎ right   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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艹
grass   
思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
田
デン   た rice field   
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
懐
カイ   なつかしむ to look back nostalgically   なつかしい nostalgic   なつける to win over, to endear   なつく to get attached to   ふところ bosom; purse; pocket   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
罒
net
衣
イ   ころも clothes   
忄
heart
振
シン   ふる    ふれる to wield, swing, wave   ふるう to wield, swing; prosper   
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辰
シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
厂
cliff
扌
hand
返
ヘン   かえる to return, to come back   かえす to return (something)   
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反
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved   
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又
また again   
⻌
move
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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