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わたし
ちちおや
父親
おお
きな
ふね
せんちょう
船長
している
ともだち
友達
いる
I have a friend whose father is the captain of a big ship.
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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Most common form: ちちおや
noun
father
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big; large; great  (see also: 小さな)
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noun
1. ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship  (舟 is often small and hand-propelled; this meaning is restricted to form 船, 舟, ふね)
2. tank; tub; vat; trough
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noun
1. ship's captain; skipper
2. length of a ship  (this meaning is restricted to reading せんちょう)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
friend; companion
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ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (of animate objects); to exist  (see also: 在る; often written with kana only)
2. to stay  (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
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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
セン   ふね    ふな- ship   
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シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wide
dot   
eight mouths
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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チョウ   なが long   
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
また again   
タツ    arrive   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
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