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ほくべい
北米
では、
かた
肩
をすくめることは「
し
知
りません
」を
いみ
意味
する
。
In North America when a person shrugs his shoulders it means "I don't know".
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ほ く べ い 0
North America
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か た 1
Most common form: かた
noun
shoulder
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す く め る 0 す く め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)  (often written with kana only)
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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し る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
2. to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
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い み 1
meaning; significance
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Kanji
北
ホク   きた north   
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匕
さじ spoon   
丬
left side   じょう    しょう    
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
肩
ケン   かた shoulder   
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⺼
ニク body part   
戸
コ   と door   
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尸
corpse
知
チ   しる to know   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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意
イ    idea   
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音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
心
シン   こころ heart   
味
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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未
ミ    not yet   
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