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ゆさい
油彩
では
わたし
とても
びさい
微細
はな
びら
えが
けない

I could never paint a petal so delicate with oil on canvas.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
0
noun
oil painting
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2
noun, noun (suffix), counter
1. stroke (of a kanji, etc.)
2. draw (a character)
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1
conjunction, interjection (kandoushi)
then; well; so; well then  (see also: それでは)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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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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0
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
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0 1
noun
(flower) petal
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2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to draw; to paint; to sketch  (see also: 書く)
2. to depict; to describe  (this meaning is restricted to reading えがく)
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Kanji
ユ   あぶら oil   
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スイ   みず water   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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サイ   いろど to color, to paint   
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fur, bristles, beard   
サイ    die, dice   
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つめ claw; fingernail   
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   
ガ   カク   draw
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open box
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ビ   minute, slight
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step
one pair of legs
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legs
ぼく strike   
サン   やま mountain   
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サイ   ほそ thin   ほそ to get thin, taper off   こま    こまかい detailed, fine   
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シ   いと thread   
デン   た rice field   
カ   はな flower   
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grass   
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さじ spoon   
ビョウ   か    えが to draw, depict, portray   
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ビョウ   なわ-    なえ seedling   
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hand
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