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たと
えば
ベルベットモンキー
えが
いて
ワシいるある
たね
びかけ
もち
いる
ようなるワシサル
ほしょく
捕食
する

For example, vervet monkeys learn to use a certain call in the presence of circling eagles, who prey on the monkeys.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
for example; for instance; e.g.
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3
noun
velvet
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1
noun
monkey
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1
noun
1. ring; circle; loop
2. hoop  (see also: フープ)
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2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to draw; to paint; to sketch  (see also: 書く)
2. to depict; to describe  (this meaning is restricted to reading えがく)
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0
'bu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to fly; to soar  (esp. 飛ぶ)
2. to jump; to leap; to spring; to bound; to hop  (esp. 跳ぶ)
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Most common form: わし
noun
eagle (Accipitridae family)  (often written with kana only)
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (often written with kana only)
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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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1
noun
1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
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4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal
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3 0
Most common form: もちいる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
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1
Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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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
Most common form:
noun
1. monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate  (see also: ニホンザル; often written with kana only)
2. sly person  (derogatory)
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0
predation; eating prey; preying upon
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Kanji
レイ   example   たとえる to illustrate, to compare   たとえば for example   
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レツ    row   
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トウ   かたな sword   
death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
リン   わ wheel   
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リン   ロン   おも think   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
サツ   サク    volume   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
wide
シャ   くるま car   
ビョウ   か    えが to draw, depict, portray   
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ビョウ   なわ-    なえ seedling   
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grass   
デン   た rice field   
hand
ヒ   と to fly   とばす to let fly   
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ます a measure (of a drink)   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
second   おつ    
ice   
シュ    variety   たね seed   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
grain
コ   よ to call   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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オ   コ    question mark   
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eight
hook
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ホ   と    とらえる    つかまえる to catch, to grasp   とらわれる    つかまる to be caught   
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ホ    the first time   
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dot   
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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