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あたし
さいしょ
最初
おんな
いいほら
いちひめにたろう
一姫二太郎
って
じゃない
I'd like to have a girl the first time. Look, they say, "First a girl, then a boy," don't they?
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Words
0
Most common form:
I; me  (female term or language; often written with kana only)
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0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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3
expression, noun
1. girl; daughter
2. young woman
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1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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interjection (kandoushi)
look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
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2
expression
It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
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conjunction
meaning; called; said  (see also: と言う; colloquialism; often written with kana only)
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expression, 'i' adjective
1. is not; am not; are not  (from ではない)
2. isn't it?
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Kanji
サイ   もっと most   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   ス   こ child   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ひめ princess   
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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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