Components

Example details

 
かれ
てき
ふね
じっ
10
せき
しず
めた

They sank ten enemy ships.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
they (usually male); them
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3
Most common form: てき
noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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1
noun
1. ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship  (舟 is often small and hand-propelled; this meaning is restricted to form 船, 舟, ふね)
2. tank; tub; vat; trough
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Most common form: 十隻
noun
ten boats; ten ships
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to sink; to submerge
2. to floor (an opponent)
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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   
テキ   かたき enemy   
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old trader
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ショウ   trader   あきな to trade, deal in   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
bright   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ぼく strike   
セン   ふね    ふな- ship   
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シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
dot   
eight mouths
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
チン   しず to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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lame   
スイ   みず water   
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