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ひとびと
人々
は
すいどうすい
水道水
の
おせん
汚染
に
くる
苦
しんでいる。
People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply.
Grammar and points of interest
particle の particle の
 
noun replacement / nominalization
人々は水道水の汚染に苦しんでいる。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
人々は水道水の汚染に苦しんでいる。
Conjugations and inflections
  苦しんでいる is the progressive form of 'mu' godan verb 苦しむ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ひ と び と 2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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す い ど う す い 3
noun
tap-water
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お せ ん 0
pollution; contamination  (see also: 公害)
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く る し む 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
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Kanji
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
水
スイ   みず water   
道
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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首
シュ   くび neck; head   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
䒑
grass   
⻌
move
汚
オ   きたない dirty   けがす to defile, stain   けがれる to be defiled   けがらわしい dirty, defiled   よごす to make dirty   よごれる to be dirty   
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丂
reach
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
氵
スイ   みず water   
染
セン   しみ stain   しみる to soak in   そめる to dye   そまる to be dyed   
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氿
nine lots of water
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九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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丨
stick   
苦
ク   くるしい painful   くるしむ to suffer   くるしめる to torment   にがい bitter   にがる to feel bitter   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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艹
grass   
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