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だい
ぶんめい
文明
ゆっくり
すいたい
衰退
した

Two great civilizations slowly fell into decay.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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prefix
1. the large part of
2. big; large; great
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0
noun
1. civilization; civilisation; culture
2. Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
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3
slowly; at ease; restful  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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0
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
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Kanji
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
スイ   おとろえる to grow weak, decline   
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アイ   あわ piteous, sorrowful   あわれむ to feel pity   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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イ   ころも clothes   
退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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