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がいまい
外米
ぼそぼそしていて
にほんじん
日本人
くち
わない

Foreign rice is hard and tasteless, and doesn't appeal to the Japanese palate.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
foreign rice
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1
1. dry and crumbling  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. whispering; subdued; murmuring; muttering
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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4
noun
Japanese person; Japanese people
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0
noun
1. mouth
2. opening; hole; gap; orifice
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1
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet
2. to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct
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Kanji
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
divining rod
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ホン   book   もと origin   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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assembly, gathering   
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