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はじ
初
め
の
ころ
頃
、
にんげん
人間
は
た
他
の
どうぶつ
動物
とほとんど
おな
同
じ
ようなものでした。
In the beginning, man was almost the same as the other animals.
Words
は じ め 0
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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こ ろ 1
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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に ん げ ん 0
noun
1. human being; person; man; mankind; humankind
2. character (of a person)
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た 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun, 'no' adjective
other (esp. people and abstract matters)
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ど う ぶ つ 0
noun
animal
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ほ と ん ど 2
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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お な じ 0
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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も の 2
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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Kanji
初
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじめ beginning   -ぞめ first doing of   
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衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
頃
ころ time   
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頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
匕
さじ spoon   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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他
タ   ほか other   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
也
ヤ   to be
動
ドウ   うごく to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
同
ドウ   おなじ same   
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冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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