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しょうねん
少年
やす
がく
がた

Art is long, time is fleeting.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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Most common form: おい
noun
old age; old person; the old; the aged
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Most common form: やすい
auxiliary adjective, 'i' adjective
2. likely to ...; have a tendency to ...  (after -masu stem of verb; often written with kana only)
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suffix
1. -ology; -ics; study of ...
noun
2. learning; scholarship; erudition; knowledge
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Most common form: なる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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Most common form: にくい
auxiliary adjective, 'i' adjective
difficult to ...; hard to ...  (see also: 為難い; after -masu stem of verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
イ   エキ   やさしい easy   
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モチ   not
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pig
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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tasseled spear
wrap
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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little bird
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