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かれ
こうみょう
高名
しじん
詩人
であるとともに
ゆうのう
有能
がいこうかん
外交官
あった
He was a famous poet and a competent diplomat.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
fame; renown
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0
noun
poet
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Most common form: と共に
expression
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)  (often written with kana only)
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0
able; capable; efficient; skill
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3
noun
diplomat
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1
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
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
シ   poetry
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ユウ   ウ   あ to possess; to exist   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ノウ    ability   
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さじ spoon   
private month
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ム   private
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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divining rod
コウ   mix; mixed   まぜる to mix, stir   まざる    まじる to be mixed together   まじえる to mix, intersperse   まじわる to intersect   か to take turns   かわす to exchange   
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ロク   むっ six   む    むい    む    
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
カン    bureaucrat   
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two mouths
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roof   
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