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わたし
あね
りょうり
料理
じょうず
上手
でない
わたし
じょうず
上手
でない
My sister is not a good cook, and neither am I.
Grammar and points of interest
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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0
Most common form:
noun
older sister; elder sister  (humble)
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1
1. cooking; cookery; cuisine
2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management  (nuance of doing it easily)
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3
1. skill; skillful; dexterity  (opposite: 下手)
noun
2. flattery
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expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not  (negation of である; 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
シ   あね elder sister   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
リョウ    fee   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ト    Big Dipper   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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dot   
リ    logic   
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リ   さと village   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
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