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ていぼう
堤防
とし
都市
こうずい
洪水
から
まも
ってくれた

The bank secured the city from a flood.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
bank; weir; embankment; levee
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1
town; city; municipal; urban
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0 1
noun
flood
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2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to protect; to guard; to defend
2. to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow
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Kanji
テイ   つつみ embankment   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
ボウ   ふせ to protect, to defend (against)   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
hill   
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ト   ツ   みやこ capital city, metropolis   
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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old
シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
コウ    flood, deluge   
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スイ   みず water   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
スイ   みず water   
シュ   ス   まも to protect, guard   もり babysitting   
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スン   inch
roof   
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