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わたし
まつたけ
松茸
つけ
かた
かれて
とうとうそのこと
ほん
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
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0 3
noun
matsutake mushroom
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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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0 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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1
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end  (often written with kana only)
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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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1
noun
1. book; volume; script  (see also: ご本・ごほん)
prefix
2. this; present
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'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
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ショウ   まつ pine tree   
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コウ   おおやけ official, public   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
たけ    きのこ mushroom   
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ジ   みみ ear   
grass   
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
ホウ   かた way, direction   
シュ   と to take   
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また again   
フ   つける to put in place, affix   つ to adhere to   
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スン   inch
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホン   book   もと origin   
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ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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