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わたし
私
の
そふ
祖父
は
はちじゅう
80
さい
歳
でなお
かっぱつ
活発
てき
的
だ。
My grandfather is still active at eighty.
Grammar and points of interest
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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そ ふ 1
1. grandfather
2. old man  (see also: 爺; this meaning is restricted to reading おおじ)
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は ち じ ゅ う 3
Most common form: 八十
noun
eighty
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さ い 1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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な お 1
adverb, conjunction
furthermore; still; yet; more; still more; in addition; greater; further  (often written with kana only)
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か っ ぱ つ 0
vigor; vigour; active; lively
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-like; typical
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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
祖
ソ    ancestor   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
父
フ   ちち father   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
乂
crossed swords
歳
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
戌
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
活
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
発
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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癶
hairy legs
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
儿
legs
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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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
丶
dot   
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