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さだこ
貞子
にし
西
しず
んでゆく
たいよう
太陽
みてメクラになった
Sadako watched the sun lowering in the west and became blind.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
west
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0 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sink; to go under; to submerge
2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
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1
noun
sun; solar
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1
Most common form: 見る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. blindness; blind person  (sensitive)
2. illiteracy; illiterate person  (this meaning is restricted to reading めくら)
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. becomes; will become; turns out  (often written with kana only)
2. to do  (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.; honorific; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
テイ    upright   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
divining rod
シ   ス   こ child   
西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
チン   しず to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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lame   
スイ   みず water   
タ   タイ   ふと fat   ふと to get fat, to put on weight   
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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   
dot   
ヨウ    positive, male, sun   
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ヨウ    glorious, bright   
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モチ   not
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pig
タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
hill   
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