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とうきょう
東京
まち
なか
かいこかう
いえ
めったにありませんので
しょう
ちゃんにはかいこめずらしかったのです
In the city of Tokyo, there were very few houses that raised silkworms, so for Sho-chan, silkworms were a rare sight.
Conjugations and inflections
Names
ただし   Tadashi   (male given name)  
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Words
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noun
Tokyo
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2
noun
1. town; block; neighbourhood; neighborhood
2. street; road
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1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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1
Most common form:
noun
silkworm (Bombyx mori)
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0
Most common form: 買う
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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2
noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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1
rarely; seldom  (with neg. verb)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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1
suffix
suffix for familiar person  (familiar language)
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particle
for (in regard to); in order to  (see also: , )
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4
Most common form: 珍しい
1. unusual; rare; curious
2. new; novel
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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Kanji
トウ   ひがし east   
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
チョウ   まち town   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
デン   た rice field   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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stick   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただ to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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