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はじ
ころ
にんげん
人間
どうぶつ
動物
ほとんど
おな
ようなものでした
In the beginning, man was almost the same as the other animals.
Words
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Most common form: 始め
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. beginning; start; outset; opening
noun
2. first (in line, etc.)  (esp. 初め)
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Most common form: ころ
noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
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noun
1. human being; person; man; mankind; humankind
2. character (of a person)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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noun
animal
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost  (often written with kana only)
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noun or verb acting prenominally, noun
1. same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike
2. (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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Kanji
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
ころ time   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
さじ spoon   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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タ   ほか other   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヤ   to be
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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   
ドウ   おな same   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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