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でんき
伝記
を
か
書
く
ことが
むずか
難
しい
のは、それが
なか
半
ば
きろく
記録
であり、
なか
半
ば
げいじゅつ
芸術
であるからだ。
The difficulty with biography is that it is partly record and partly art.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
で ん き 0
Most common form: でんき
biography; life story
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か く 1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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む ず か し い 4
1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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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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な か ば 3 な か ば 2 な か ば 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, noun (suffix)
middle; half; semi; halfway; partly
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き ろ く 0
noun
1. record; minutes; document
2. a record (e.g. in sports); results; score
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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げ い じ ゅ つ 0 げ い じ ゅ つ 1
noun
(fine) art; the arts
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Kanji
伝
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つたう to go along   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
厶
ム   private
記
キ   しるす to note, write down   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
書
ショ   かく to write   
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聿
writing brush
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
難
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かたい hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
艹
grass   
隹
little bird
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半
ハン   なかば half   
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丨
stick   
丷
eight
録
ロク    record   
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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
录
watery yo
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⺢
スイ   みず water   
彐
yo = to yell / say hi
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芸
ゲイ    technique   
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術
ジュツ    technique   
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朮
dotted ho
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丶
dot   
ホ
katakana 'ho'; tree
行
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆく    いく to go   おこなう to take place   
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彳
step
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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