Components

Example details

 
はじ
しの
んで
なが
らえる
よりむしろ
にたい

I would die before I live on in shame.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
2
noun
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
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2 0
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to conceal oneself; to hide
2. to endure
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6
Most common form: 生き存らえる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to live long; to survive
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0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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1
rather; better; instead  (often written with kana only)
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0
godan verb, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
1. to die; to pass away  (sensitive)
2. to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
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Kanji
チ   はじ shame   はじる to feel ashamed   はじらう to be shy   はずかしい ashamed   
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ジ   みみ ear   
シン   こころ heart   
ニン   しの to endure; lie hidden   しのばせる to conceal   
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ジン   は blade   
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dot   
トウ   かたな sword   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
エイ   long time   なが long (time)   
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ice   
スイ   みず water   
シ   death   し die   
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death
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
さじ spoon   
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