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きみ
君
の
はなし
話
は
ちゅうしょうてき
抽象的
で、
わたし
私
は
いみ
意味
を
とら
捉
える
ことができない。
Your story is so abstract that I can't grasp its meaning.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
き み 0
1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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は な し 3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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ち ゅ う し ょ う て き 0
abstract  (see also: 抽象)
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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expression, ichidan verb
to grasp the meaning
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
君
クン   きみ you   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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尹
slashed yo
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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抽
チュウ    to extract, pull   
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由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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扌
hand
象
ショウ   ゾウ    image; elephant   
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豕
pig
⺈
corner
的
テキ   まと target   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
丶
dot   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
意
イ    idea   
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音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
心
シン   こころ heart   
味
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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未
ミ    not yet   
捉
ソク   とらえる to capture, seize   
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足
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
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