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ははおや
母親
の
ちゅうこく
忠告
なら
ゆうじん
友人
の
じょげん
助言
よりも
たいせつ
大切
だ。
A mother's advice would outweigh a friend's.
Grammar and points of interest
よりも よりも
 
more than anything, anyone, etc, above all
母親の忠告なら友人の助言よりも大切だ。
なら conditional form なら conditional form
 
(verbs, adjectives, nouns) if
母親の忠告なら友人の助言よりも大切だ。
Words
は は お や 0
Most common form: ははおや
mother
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ち ゅ う こ く 0
advice; warning
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な ら 1
auxiliary
1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that  (hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle)
2. as for; on the topic of  (this meaning is restricted to reading なら)
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ゆ う じ ん 0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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じ ょ げ ん 0
advice; suggestion
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よ り 0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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た い せ つ 0
1. important; necessary; indispensable
2. beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable
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Kanji
母
ボ   はは mother   
親
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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亲
stand in the tree
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
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   
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
忠
チュウ   loyal
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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
告
コク   つげる to announce   
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⺧
whereupon by the ground
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
友
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
又
また again   
助
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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切
セツ   サイ   きる to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
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