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あの
ひと
ぼんさい
盆栽
しゅみ
趣味
むしろ
しょう
える

That person's bonsai is more than just a hobby. Rather, one could say it's an obsession.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2
1. he; she; that person
2. you  (archaic)
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0
noun
bonsai; miniature potted plant
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1
noun
1. hobby; pastime
2. tastes; preference; liking
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0
Most common form: 越える
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of)  (esp. 越える)
2. to exceed  (esp. 超える)
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1
rather; better; instead  (often written with kana only)
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2
1. fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession
2. susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
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0
to be possible to say; to be able to say  (see also: 言う; often as ...と言える)
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Kanji
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ボン    tray; O-Bon (festival)   
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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
サイ    planting   
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ten spears
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
tasseled spear
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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シュ   おもむき gist, purport; appearance   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ソウ   はし run   
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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ミ    not yet   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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チョウ   こ    こえる to exceed   
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ショウ   め to summon   
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ギョウ    congeal   こらす to concentrate (on), to strain   こ to get stiff; be absorbed in   
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ギ   うたが to doubt   
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さじ spoon   
シ   や arrow   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
katakana 'ma'
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
ice   
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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heart
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   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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