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しょうねん
少年
ミツバチ
くわ
しく
かんさつ
観察
して
きろく
記録
する
ことした
The boy decided to observe and record bees in detail.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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2
Most common form: 蜜蜂
noun
honeybee (Apis sp.); honey bee  (often written with kana only)
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3
1. detailed; full; accurate
2. knowing very well; well-acquainted; well-informed  (opposite: 疎い)
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0
observation; survey
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0
noun
1. record; minutes; document
2. a record (e.g. in sports); results; score
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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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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (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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ショウ   くわしい detailed   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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カン    outlook   
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little bird
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
サツ    surmise, inspect   
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サイ   まつ festival   まつ to deify, enshrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ニク body part   
また again   
roof   
キ   しる to note, write down   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
ロク    record   
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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   
watery yo
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スイ   みず water   
yo = to yell / say hi
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