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だんせい
男性
じょせい
女性
よりすぐれているとか
じょせい
女性
だんせい
男性
よりすぐれているとか
かんが
える
おろ
であるばかりでなくこっけいなことである
It is ridiculous as well as foolish to think of the superiority of man to woman or woman to man.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. man; male
2. masculine gender  (linguistics terminology)
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0
1. woman; female
2. feminine gender  (linguistics terminology; this meaning is restricted to reading じょせい)
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0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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3
Most common form: 優れる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
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0
particle, conjunction
among other things; such things as; or something like that
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4 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to think about; to take into consideration
2. to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something)
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1
foolish; stupid
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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particle
1. only; merely; nothing but; no more than  (often written with kana only)
2. approximately; about  (often written with kana only)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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0
Most common form: 滑稽
funny; humorous; humourous; comical; laughable; ridiculous; joking
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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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Kanji
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
デン   た rice field   
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   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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reach
old
グ   おろ foolish   
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グウ    long-tailed monkey   
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tracks, footprint   
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wide
ム   private
シン   こころ heart   
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