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さいきん
細菌
は
ちい
小
さすぎて
われわれ
我々
の
め
眼
には
み
見
えない。
Germs are too tiny for our eyes to see.
Grammar and points of interest
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
細菌は小さすぎて我々の眼には見えない。
verb stem or adjective + すぎる verb stem or adjective + すぎる
 
too much
細菌は小さすぎて我々の眼には見えない。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
細菌は小さすぎて我々の眼には見えない。
Conjugations and inflections
  小さすぎて is the te form of the すぎる form of 'i' adjective 小さい   ALL INFLECTIONS
  見えない is the plain negative form of ichidan verb 見える   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
さ い き ん 0
noun
bacillus; bacterium; germ
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ち い さ い 3
small; little; tiny
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わ れ わ れ 0
Most common form: 我我
we
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め 1
Most common form: 目
noun
1. eye; eyeball
2. eyesight; sight; vision  (see also: 目が見える)
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み え る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be seen; to be visible; to be in sight
2. to look; to seem; to appear
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Kanji
細
サイ   ほそい thin   ほそる to get thin, taper off   こまか    こまかい detailed, fine   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
田
デン   た rice field   
菌
キン    germ, bacteria; fungus, spore   
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囷
granary   
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禾
grain
囗
box, enclosure   
艹
grass   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
眼
ガン   ゲン   まなこ eye, eyeball   
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艮
good
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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儿
legs
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