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りゅうげんひご
流言飛語
まど
わされる
べからずとはいうものの
やす
おこな
かた
おも
わない

They say you shouldn't take rumors seriously, but that's easier said than done.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
5
Most common form: 流言蜚語
noun
false (wild, groundless) rumor (rumour); canard  (yojijukugo)
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3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to delude; to mislead; to deceive
2. to tempt; to seduce
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Most common form: 可からず
expression
must not; should not; do not  (often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: とは言うものの
expression
having said that; be that as it may  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Most common form: やすい
auxiliary adjective, 'i' adjective
2. likely to ...; have a tendency to ...  (after -masu stem of verb; often written with kana only)
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
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`ku' adjective (archaic)
difficult; hard  (see also: 難い; archaic)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   なが to pour out, to flush    
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スイ   みず water   
private lidded river
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
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   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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second   おつ    
ice   
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ワク   uncertain   まど to be uncertain, bewildered   
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a certain   
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tasseled spear
シン   こころ heart   
イ   エキ   やさしい easy   
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モチ   not
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pig
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
grass   
little bird
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シ   おも to think   
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デン   た rice field   
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