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ひさ
久
しぶりに
あ
会
った
んだから、
の
飲
みながら
、
むかしばなし
昔話
に
はな
花
を
さ
咲
かせる
とするか。
It's been so long since we've met. Let's drink and talk about the good old days.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
after a long time; for the first time in a while
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あ う 1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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だ か ら 1
conjunction
so; therefore  (see also: ですから)
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の む 1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)  (呑む is often used metaphorically, 服む is often used for medicine)
2. to smoke (tobacco)  (see also: 喫む; also written 喫む)
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む か し ば な し 4
noun
1. old tale; folk tale; legend
2. reminiscence
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expression, ichidan verb
1. to make lively; to become animated; to have fun talking about something  (see also: 話に花を咲かせる)
2. to become successful and well known
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1. to try to ...; to be about to do ...  (after the volitional form of verb)
2. to decide to ...  (after the dictionary form of verb)
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Kanji
久
ク   キュウ   ひさしい a long time   
会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
厶
ム   private
飲
イン   のむ to drink   
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欠
ケツ   かく to lack   かける to be lacking   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
⺈
corner
飠
eat; food
昔
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
龷
キョウ   とも together   
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   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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花
カ   はな flower   
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艹
grass   
化
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
匕
さじ spoon   
咲
さく to blossom, bloom   
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关
relation
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丷
eight
天
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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