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とうきょう
東京
やちょう
野鳥
かず
ねんねん
年々
つつある
In Tokyo, wild birds are decreasing in number year by year.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
Tokyo
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noun
wild bird  (see also: 飼い鳥)
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noun
number; amount
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Most common form: 年年
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
years; year by year; annually; considering his age
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
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Most common form:
noun
1. pipe; tube; cylinder
2. gun barrel
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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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Kanji
トウ   ひがし east   
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ヤ   の field   
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ヨ    previously, in advance   
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katakana 'ma'
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
リ   さと village   
チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ぼく strike   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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(kanji repetition symbol)   
ゲン   へ become less   へらす reduce   
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all, together, same   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
スイ   みず water   
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