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すいめん
水面
から
とり
つと
めて
あと
にご
さぬ
ようにする
A fowl flying up from water is careful not to make it turbid.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
water's surface
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3
Most common form: 飛立つ
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
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0
Most common form: とり
noun
1. bird
2. bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry  (see also: )
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3
Most common form: 力める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; to be committed (to doing something)
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1
1. behind; rear  (see also: 後ずさり)
2. after; later  (see also: その後)
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2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make muddy (a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to roil
2. to prevaricate; to speak ambiguously  (see also: お茶を濁す, 茶を濁す, 言葉を濁す)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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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
スイ   みず water   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヒ   と to fly   とばす to let fly   
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ます a measure (of a drink)   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
second   おつ    
ice   
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
チョウ   とり bird   
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reach
fire
ド   つとめる to work, to toil   
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ド   guy
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
また again   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ダク   muddy   にご to become muddy, turbid   にご to make muddy   
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ショク    green caterpillar; Szechuan   
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チュウ   むし insect   
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dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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wrap
net
スイ   みず water   
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