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わたし
しぼりという
れた
タオル
しゅうかん
習慣
です
I like the Japanese custom of offering guests moist towels, called oshibori.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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Most common form:
prefix
honorific/polite/humble prefix  (see also: ; usu. before a term with an kun-yomi reading, おん is more formal; honorific; polite (teineigo) language; humble; often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: 絞る
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze  (esp. 絞る)
2. to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk  (esp. 搾る)
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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0 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to get wet
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1
noun
(hand) towel
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3 0
Most common form: 差出す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
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0
1. habit
2. custom; cultural practice
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2
liking; fondness; love  (opposite: 嫌い)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ぬれ to get wet   
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ジュ    need, demand   
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ジ   しか and then, moreover   
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フ   あめ rain   
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スイ   みず water   
サ    difference, distinction   さ to put (up), to raise   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
シュウ   なら to learn   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
カン   なれる to get used to   ならす to tame   
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カン   つらぬ to pierce   
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ボ   はは mother   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
heart
コウ   この    す to like   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   ス   こ child   
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