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かみ
せん
なさい
Draw a line on your paper.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
2
noun
paper
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1
Most common form: せん
noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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0 2
noun, suffix
1. pull; patronage; influence
2. tug
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expression
do ...  (see also: 為さる; imperative form often used after the -masu stem of a verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シ   かみ paper   
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シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
シ   いと thread   
セン   line
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セン   いずみ spring   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
スイ   みず water   
イン   ひ to pull   ひける to be over   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
stick   
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