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しかい
死海
こうのうど
高濃度
えんぶん
塩分
ふく
ため
およ
というよりも
かんでしまう

The Dead Sea contains a high concentration of salt, so you float rather than swim.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun
Dead Sea
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high concentration; concentrated; highly-concentrated
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noun
salt; salt content
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2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to contain; to comprise; to have; to hold; to include; to embrace
2. to hold in the mouth  (see also: 口に含む)
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noun
the same (age, social status); peer  (colloquialism)
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2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to swim
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expression
rather than; A more than B  (often written with kana only)
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1. to float; to be suspended
2. to rise to surface
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Kanji
シ   death   し die   
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death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
さじ spoon   
カイ   うみ ocean   
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スイ   みず water   
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ノウ   こ thick, dense, dark   
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ノウ    agriculture   
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シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
cliff
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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广
stony cliff
廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
また again   
エン   しお salt   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
さら dish   
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ガン   ふく to include, to contain   ふくめる to include, to add to   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
エイ   およ swim   
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エイ   long time   なが long (time)   
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ice   
スイ   みず water   
フ   うかぶ    う to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic   
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nourishment   
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シ   ス   こ child   
claw
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