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スキー
すべ
とき
ぜんけい
前傾
していない
うし
ろに
たお
れてしまう

When you're skiing, unless you lean forward you'll fall backward.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2
noun
1. skiing
2. ski; skis
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip
2. to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke)
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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0
forward inclination (tilt)
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Most common form: 後に倒れる
expression, ichidan verb
to fall backward
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Kanji
カツ   コツ   すべ to slide   なめらか smooth   
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コツ   ほね bone   
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gossip; dishonest   
ニク body part   
スイ   みず water   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
ケイ   かたむ    かたむける to tilt, to incline, to lean   
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カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さじ spoon   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
step
go
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トウ   たおれる to fall over   たお to knock down   
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トウ    arrive   
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シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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