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はみが
歯磨
き
を
おこた
怠
って
、その
こ
子
は
むしば
虫歯
になった。
The boy had cavities because he neglected to brush his teeth.
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Conjugations and inflections
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Words
は み が き 2
Most common form: 歯磨
1. dental brushing; brushing one's teeth
2. dentifrice; toothpaste; tooth powder
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お こ た る 0 お こ た る 3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard  (see also: 怠ける)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. child
2. young (animal)  (see also: 仔)
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む し ば 0
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; caries
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な る 1
'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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Kanji
歯
シ   は tooth   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
凵
open box
磨
マ   みがく to polish, grind   
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麻
マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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林
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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广
stony cliff
石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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怠
タイ   おこたる to neglect   なまける to be lazy   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
子
シ   ス   こ child   
虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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