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にゅうねん
入念
きそぐい
基礎杭
なんぼん
何本
って
つつみ
つち
りっぱ
立派
つつみ
かんせい
完成
した

They meticulously drove many foundation piles into the ground, then piled up earth to complete a fine embankment.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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careful; elaborate; scrupulous
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noun
pile driven into the ground to support a foundation
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noun
many long, thin things
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Most common form: うつ
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound  (also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ)
2. to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
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noun
bank; embankment; dike
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2
noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
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4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pile up; to heap up
2. to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
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0 3
1. splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
2. praiseworthy; creditable; worthy
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1. complete; completion
2. perfection; accomplishment
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Kanji
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ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
ネン    idea, thought   
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キ   もと foundation, basis   もとい cause   
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ソ   いしずえ cornerstone, foundation   
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くい stake, post, pile   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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ダ   う to strike   
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テイ   つつみ embankment   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
セイ   ジョウ   さか popular; enthusiastic   さか prosper, flourish   も serve, heap up (food)   
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ハ    faction   
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カン    complete   
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セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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