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ちじん
知人
が
ふ
増
えれば
ふ
増
える
ほど、それだけ
あ
会
う
じかん
時間
が
すく
少
なく
なる。
The more people you know, the less time you have to see them.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ち じ ん 0
noun
friend; acquaintance
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ふ え る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to increase; to multiply
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ほ ど 0 ほ ど 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. degree; extent; bounds; limit  (often written with kana only)
particle
2. indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit  (often written with kana only)
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そ れ だ け 0
Most common form: それだけ
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)  (often written with kana only)
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あ う 1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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じ か ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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す く な い 3
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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Kanji
知
チ   しる to know   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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増
ゾウ   ます to increase/grow   ふえる to increase/multiply   ふやす to increase/augment   
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曽
ソウ   ゾ   formerly
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丷
eight
田
デン   た rice field   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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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
時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
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