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かわ
いて
ぼそぼそなったパンかみながら
やま
たび
だいじゃ
大蛇
あった
While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to get dry
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1
1. dry and crumbling  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. whispering; subdued; murmuring; muttering
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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1
noun
1. bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products  (originally written 麺麭 or 麪包; originally from Portuguese 'pão')
2. pan; frying pan  (see also: フライパン; originally from eng 'pan')
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'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to bite
2. to chew; to gnaw; to masticate
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particle
1. while; during; as  (often written with kana only)
2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding  (see also: 我ながら; often written with kana only)
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2
noun, counter
1. mountain; hill
2. mine (e.g. coal mine)
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0
Most common form: たび
travel; trip; journey
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1
noun
big snake; serpent
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
カン   かわ to dry up   かわかす to dry, desiccate    
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to beg, request   
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オツ    #2, second, B; fish hook   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ten times earlier
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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   
stick   
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
サン   やま mountain   
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リョ   たび trip   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジャ   ダ   へび snake   
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チュウ   むし insect   
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dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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snake   
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さじ spoon   
roof   
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