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しょくもつ
食物
われわれ
我々
しんたい
身体
にとって
ひつよう
必要
であるまさる
おと
らず
どくしょ
読書
せいしん
精神
にとって
ひつよう
必要
である
Reading is not less necessary to our mind than food is to our body.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
food; foodstuff
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Most common form: 我我
we
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1
noun
body; physical system; person  (see also: )
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expression
to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding  (see also: 取る; often written with kana only)
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1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Most common form: 勝る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to have an edge; to be superior; to outrival
2. to outweigh; to preponderate
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
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1
reading
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1
noun
mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention
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Kanji
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ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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(kanji repetition symbol)   
シン   み body, person   
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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レツ   inferior   おと to be inferior to   
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ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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ショ   か to write   
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セイ   ショウ    vitality, spirit, energy; essence   
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シン   ジン   かみ    かん-    こう- god   
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