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むかし
より
らし
ゆうふく
裕福
なった
おも
います

Do you think we are better off than we used to be?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
olden days; former
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particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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Most common form: 暮し向き
noun
circumstances; lifestyle; life circumstances
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affluence; prosperity
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'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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'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   とも together   
ボ   くれる to get dark   くらす to make a living   
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バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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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   
grass   
コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ユウ    abundant   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
コク   たに valley   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
フク    fortune, blessing   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
フク    fill   
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デン   た rice field   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
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