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はり
いと
とお
ことできないので
もの
ありません
I don't like sewing because I can't thread the needle.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. needle; pin  (see also: )
2. hook  (see also: 鉤:かぎ, 釣り針:つりばり)
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1
noun, noun (suffix)
thread; yarn; string
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1
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stick through; to force through
2. to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable  (often written with kana only)
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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3 4
Most common form: 縫物
noun
sewing; needlework; embroidery
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2
liking; fondness; love  (opposite: 嫌い)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シン   はり needle   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シ   いと thread   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
ホウ   ぬ to sew   
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to meet (esp. close friends)   
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resist   
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go
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ladder
move
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
コウ   この    す to like   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   ス   こ child   
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