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いちひめにたろう
一姫二太郎
けんこう
健康
まれてきてくれる
ならどちらでも
かま
わない

There is a proverb that says it's good to have a girl first and a boy next, but I think it doesn't matter as long as the baby is born healthy.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2
expression
It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
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Most common form: という
expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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0
health; sound; wholesome
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be born
2. to be produced
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1
auxiliary
1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that  (hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle)
2. as for; on the topic of  (this meaning is restricted to reading なら)
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expression
no problem; it doesn't matter  (see also: 構う)
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Kanji
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ひめ princess   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
タ   タイ   ふと fat   ふと to get fat, to put on weight   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ロウ    husband, man   
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リョウ   よ good   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ケン   すこやか healthy   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ケン   コン   た to be built   たてる to build   
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long stride
writing brush
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コウ    peace, composure   
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slave
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slashed yo
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yo; yell
stick   
スイ   みず water   
广
stony cliff
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
コウ   かまえる to build, set up, get ready   かま to mind, to care about   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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a well again
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セイ   ショウ   い a well   
サイ   サ   ふたた again   
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