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わたし
私
は
まつたけ
松茸
の
み
見
つけ
かた
方
に
と
取
り
つ
付
かれて
、とうとうそのことを
ほん
本
に
か
書
く
ことになってしまいました。
The art of finding matsutake mushrooms became my obsession, culminating in my writing a book on it.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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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ま つ た け 0 ま つ た け 3
noun
matsutake mushroom
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み つ け る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot
2. to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault
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と り つ か れ る 0 と り つ か れ る 5
Most common form: とりつかれる
to become obsessed with; to be possessed (by spirits, etc.); to be obsessive compulsive (OCD)
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と う と う 1
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end  (often written with kana only)
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こ と 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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ほ ん 1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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か く 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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expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. becomes; will become; turns out  (often written with kana only)
2. to do  (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.; honorific; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
松
ショウ   まつ pine tree   
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公
コウ   おおやけ official, public   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
茸
たけ    きのこ mushroom   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
艹
grass   
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
取
シュ   とる to take   
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又
また again   
付
フ   つける to put in place, affix   つく to adhere to   
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寸
スン   inch
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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書
ショ   かく to write   
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聿
writing brush
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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