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さいふ
財布
おも
ければ
こころ
かる
なる
A heavy purse makes a light heart.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
purse; handbag; wallet
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0
1. heavy; weighty; massive  (opposite: 軽い)
2. heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
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3 2
noun
1. mind; heart; spirit
2. the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
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3
1. light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)  (opposite: 重い)
2. light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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Kanji
ザイ   サイ    money, wealth, property   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
サイ    genius   
フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
キン   turban; cloth
ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
シン   こころ heart   
ケイ   かる light   かろやか graceful   
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シャ   くるま car   
ground again
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
また again   
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