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い
生
きる
いみ
意味
を
おし
教
えてくれ。
Tell me the meaning of life.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
生きる意味を教えてくれ。
verb ろ / ~え form verb ろ / ~え form
 
'command' imperative
生きる意味を教えてくれ。
〜てくれ 〜てくれ
 
abrupt request
生きる意味を教えてくれ。
verb て form + くれる verb て form + くれる
 
receive
生きる意味を教えてくれ。
POI
教える（おしえる） 教える（おしえる）
 
teach, tell, show
生きる意味を教えてくれ。
Conjugations and inflections
  生きる is the plain form of ichidan verb 生きる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  教えてくれ is the え imperative form of the てくれる form of ichidan verb 教える   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
い き る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to live; to exist
2. to make a living; to subsist
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い み 1
meaning; significance
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お し え る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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Kanji
生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
意
イ    idea   
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音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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教
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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孝
コウ    filial piety   
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耂
old
子
シ   ス   こ child   
攵
ぼく strike   
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