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かれ
彼
は
はがね
鋼
を
きた
鍛
えて
かたな
刀
を
つく
作
った
。
He forged the steel into a sword.
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Conjugations and inflections
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Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
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は が ね 1
noun
steel
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き た え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to forge; to temper
2. to drill; to train; to discipline
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か た な 3 か た な 2
noun
1. (single-edged) sword; katana
2. dagger; knife  (archaic)
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つ く る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct  (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating)
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
鋼
コウ   はがね steel   
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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
岡
おか hill, Mount   
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冂
wide
䒑
grass   
山
サン   やま mountain   
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鍛
タン   きたえる to temper, forge   
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段
ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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乍
ながらも although   -ながら while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
作
サク   サ   つくる to make   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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