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せんれん
洗練
され
きょうよう
教養
ある
ひと
くべつ
区別
する
ひょうしき
標識
なんであろう
What are the marks that distinguish the cultured man?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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polish; refinement
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cultivation; refinement; culture; education
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irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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distinction; differentiation; classification
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noun
sign; mark; flag
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Most common form:
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
セン   あら to wash   
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スイ   みず water   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
レン   ね to polish up, knead, train   
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トウ   ひがし east   
シ   いと thread   
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
ぼく strike   
ヨウ   やしな to rear, to support, to cultivate   
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ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ク    ward   
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crossed swords
side open box
ベツ   separated   わかれる to be separated   
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wrap
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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トウ   かたな sword   
ヒョウ    sign, mark   
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ヒョウ    ballot, slip of paper   
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west
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
stick   
シキ    knowledge, discrimination   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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potter's clay   
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tasseled spear
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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