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さいし
妻子
うんめい
運命
あた
えられた
ひとじち
人質
である
Wife and children are hostages given to fortune.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. wife and children
2. wife  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading さいし, めこ)
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1
noun
fate; destiny; lot
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
2. to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
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0
noun
hostage
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
サイ   つま wife   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
slashed yo
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yo; yell
stick   
シ   ス   こ child   
ウン   carry; luck   はこ to carry   
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グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
move
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヨ   あたえる to grant, give, bestow   
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reach
シツ   シチ   チ    quality; substance   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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