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たね
うえ
すこ
つち
かぶせなさい
Cover the seeds with a little earth.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
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0 2
noun, 'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
2. top; summit
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2
adverb, noun
1. small quantity; little; few; something
2. little while
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2
noun
1. earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
2. the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シュ    variety   たね seed   
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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   
grain
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
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   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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