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ちせい
知性
っている
こと
われわれ
我々
どうぶつ
動物
こと
なる
てん
である
The possession of intellect is what distinguishes us from wild animals.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1 2 0
noun
intelligence
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1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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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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0
Most common form: 我我
we
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0
noun
animal
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3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to differ; to vary; to disagree
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. spot; mark
2. point; dot
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
チ   し to know   
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シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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heart
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   
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
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ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
イ   こと different   
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キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
katakana 'ha'; eight
デン   た rice field   
テン    spot, point   
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fire
セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらな to tell fortunes   
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divining rod
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