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わたし
私
たち
の
しゃかい
社会
で
よか
余暇
として
かよ
通
っている
のものは、
じつ
実
は
ひまつぶ
暇潰
し
なのである。
What passes for leisure in our society is actually time-consuming.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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し ゃ か い 1
noun
1. society; public; community; the world
2. social studies  (see also: 社会科; abbreviation)
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よ か 1
leisure; leisure time; spare time
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expression
1. as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
2. apart from... (used to change the topic)
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か よ う 0
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to run between (e.g. bus, train, etc.); to ply between
2. to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to commute; to frequent
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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じ つ は 2
expression, adverb
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
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ひ ま つ ぶ し 0 ひ ま つ ぶ し 3
Most common form: 暇つぶし
waste of time; killing time
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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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
社
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
余
ヨ   surplus; left over; extra   あます to leave over   あまる to be left over   
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于
ウ    from   
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亅
hook
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
暇
カ   ひま free time   
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叚
Ko with the striped corpse again
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コ
katakana 'ko'
尸
corpse
又
また again   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
通
ツ   ツウ   とおる to pass through   とおす to let pass   かよう to commute   
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甬
use your ma
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
マ
katakana 'ma'
⻌
move
実
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みのる to bear fruit   
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three men
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三
サン   み    みっつ three   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
宀
roof   
潰
カイ   つぶす to destroy   つぶれる to be destroyed   
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貴
キ   たっとい    とうとい precious, valuable   たっとぶ    とうとぶ value, esteem, respect   
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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
氵
スイ   みず water   
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