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わたし
りょうしん
両親
わたし
たち
あか
ちゃん
まれた
こと
いて
とても
よろこ
んだ

My parents were delighted to hear of the arrival of our baby.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1
noun
parents; both parents
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3
we; us
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1 0
noun
baby; infant
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Most common form: 生まれる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be born
2. to be produced
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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3
1. to be delighted; to be glad; to be pleased
2. to congratulate
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
リョウ    both   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
サン   やま mountain   
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wide
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
サン    giving birth; products   う to give birth to   うまれる to be born   うぶ- newborn   
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standing on the cliff
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cliff
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ブン   モン   き to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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ジ   みみ ear   
モン   かど gate   
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キ   よろこ to rejoice   
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ten beans
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
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