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わたし
そふ
祖父
きゅうしゅう
九州
からはるばる
ほっかいどう
北海道
やって

My grandfather came over from Kyushu to Hokkaido.
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. grandfather
2. old man  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading おおじ)
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noun
Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
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Most common form: はるばる
from afar; over a great distance; all the way  (often written with kana only)
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3
noun
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
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Most common form: やってくる
1. to come along; to come around; to turn up  (often written with kana only)
2. to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ソ    ancestor   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
シュウ    state, province, county   す sandbank   
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セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
dot   
ホク   きた north   
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さじ spoon   
left side   じょう    しょう    
カイ   うみ ocean   
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スイ   みず water   
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
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