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ほっかいどう
北海道
きゅうしゅう
九州
くら
べる
とても
さむ

Hokkaido is very cold compared with Kyushu.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
noun
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
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1
noun
Kyushu (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to compare; to make a comparison  (see also: 見比べる)
2. to compete; to vie  (see also: 力比べ)
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0 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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2
1. cold (e.g. weather)  (opposite: 暑い)
2. uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny  (see also: お寒い)
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Kanji
ホク   きた north   
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さじ spoon   
left side   じょう    しょう    
カイ   うみ ocean   
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スイ   みず water   
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボ   はは mother   
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
シュウ    state, province, county   す sandbank   
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セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
dot   
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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カン   さむ cold   
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ice
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
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