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わたし
私
はこんな
けんしんてき
献身的
な
つま
妻
を
も
持
って
しあわ
幸
せ
だと
おも
思
う
。
I count myself lucky to have such a devoted wife.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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こ ん な 0
such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this  (see also: あんな, そんな, どんな)
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け ん し ん て き 0
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つ ま 2
Most common form: 具
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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も つ 1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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し あ わ せ 0
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
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お も う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
献
ケン   コン    an offering   
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南
ナン   ナ   みなみ south   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
冂
wide
犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
身
シン   み body, person   
的
テキ   まと target   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
妻
サイ   つま wife   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
持
ジ   もつ to hold, to have   
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扌
hand
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
幸
コウ   さち    しあわせ    さいわい happiness   
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思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
田
デン   た rice field   
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