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よんじゅうだい
四十代
きけん
危険
ねんだい
年代
せけん
世間
っている

They say the forties are the dangerous ages.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
forties (age)
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0
1. danger; peril; hazard  (opposite: 安全)
2. risk
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noun
age; era; period; date
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noun
world; society
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1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
シ   four   よ    よ    よっ    よん    
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legs
box, enclosure   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キ   あぶない dangerous   あやぶむ to be apprehensive of   あやうく barely, narrowly; almost   
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ヤク    unlucky   
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seal
cliff
corner
ケン   けわしい steep   
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ケン    unanimous   
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オウ    centre   
assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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セ   セイ   よ the world   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
モン   かど gate   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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