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みず
いっぱい
一杯
んで
しゅしょう
首相
どんどん
しつもん
質問
たまえ
った

After taking a drink of water, the Prime Minister said, "Ask away!"
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
1. water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water)  (see also: ; み is generally used in compounds)
2. fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid
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1 0
1. amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic)
2. full
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'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine)  (呑む is often used metaphorically, 服む is often used for medicine)
2. to smoke (tobacco)  (see also: 喫む; also written 喫む)
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0
noun
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
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1
1. drumming (noise)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. rapidly; steadily
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question; inquiry; enquiry
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suffix
please ...  (see also: 給う; after the -masu stem of a verb; often written with kana only; male term or language)
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1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
スイ   みず water   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ハイ   さかずき cup, goblet   
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フ   ブ    not   
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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
イン   の to drink   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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corner
eat; food
シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シツ   シチ   チ    quality; substance   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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モン   かど gate   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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