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かれ
なに
やり
それ
せいしつ
性質
です
When he begins to do anything, he devotes himself to it.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to begin  (often written with kana only)
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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to grow stiff
2. to be absorbed in; to be devoted to; to be a fanatic; to elaborate
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0
noun
nature; property; disposition
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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   
カ   なに    なん what?   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ギョウ    congeal   こらす to concentrate (on), to strain   こ to get stiff; be absorbed in   
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ギ   うたが to doubt   
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さじ spoon   
シ   や arrow   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
katakana 'ma'
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
ice   
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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heart
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
シツ   シチ   チ    quality; substance   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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