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かれ
つま
うきよえ
浮世絵
えが
かれた
ような
ほうきょう
豊頬
かじん
佳人
です
His wife is a beauty with attractively plump cheeks, just like a woman drawn in an ukiyo-e.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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0 3
noun
ukiyoe (color print of everyday life in the Edo period) (colour)
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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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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 豊頰
plump cheeks (used to describe a beautiful woman); attractive cheeks
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0
noun
(female) beauty; beautiful woman
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
サイ   つま wife   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
slashed yo
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yo; yell
フ   うかぶ    う to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic   
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nourishment   
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シ   ス   こ child   
claw
スイ   みず water   
セ   セイ   よ the world   
カイ   エ   picture
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カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
シ   いと thread   
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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grass   
デン   た rice field   
hand
ホウ   ゆた plentiful, abundant   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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ほお cheek   
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between
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eight
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
カ    beautiful, good   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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