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ぼん
きゅうか
休暇
なので
こうそくどうろ
高速道路
とても
っている

There are heavy traffic jams on highways because of the Bon holiday.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2
noun
1. O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead  (see also: )
2. tray  (see also: )
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0
noun
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
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expression, particle
because; as; since  (see also: ので)
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5
noun
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
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0 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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3
Most common form: 混合う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
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Kanji
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
キュウ   やす to rest   やすまる to be rested   やすめる to suspend (use etc.)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
カ   ひま free time   
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Ko with the striped corpse again
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katakana 'ko'
corpse
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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
ソク   はや fast   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   すみやか speedy   
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ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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move
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
ロ   -じ street   
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カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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go
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
コン   まぜる to mix   まざる    まじる to be mixed   こ to be crowded   
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コン    descendants   
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ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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さじ spoon   
スイ   みず water   
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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assembly, gathering   
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