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ちゃわん
茶碗
を
な
投
げれば
めん
綿
にて
う
受
けよ
。 kotowaza
A soft answer is a cure for anger (literally: if you throw a teacup, catch it in cotton).
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ち ゃ わ ん 0
noun
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
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な げ る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to throw; to cast away
2. to face defeat; to give up
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め ん 1
Most common form: めん
noun
cotton
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expression
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding (formal literary form of で)  (often written with kana only)
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う け る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get
2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
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Kanji
茶
チャ   サ    tea   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホ
katakana 'ho'; tree
艹
grass   
碗
ワン    (porcelain) bowl   
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石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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宛
あて address, destination   あてる to address   
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宀
roof   
夗
at night you seal
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
㔾
seal
投
トウ   なげる to throw (something)   
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殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
扌
hand
綿
メン   わた cotton   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
帛
white turban
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
巾
キン   turban; cloth
受
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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冖
cover; covered   
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
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