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もんだい
問題
なに
なくてどう
である
It is not what you read but how you read that matters.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
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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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'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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how; in what way; how about  (see also: 斯う, 然う, ああ; often written with kana only)
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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
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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ダイ    topic   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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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   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
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   
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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