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いし
なに
かれていた
かれ
なに
いている
はんどく
判読
しよ
した
There was something written on the stone, and they tried to make out what it was.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
noun
1. stone
2. gem; jewel
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1
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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1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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1
they (usually male); them
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0
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ハン   バン   seal
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ハン   なか half   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
eight
トウ   かたな sword   
ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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