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かわばた
川端
さん
まいとし
毎年
こきょう
故郷
てがみ
手紙
いちつう
一通
きます

Mr Kawabata writes a letter home every year.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
riverbank
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
every year; yearly; annually
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2
Most common form: ふるさと
noun
1. home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home  (often written with kana only)
2. ruins; historic remains  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading ふるさと)
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0
letter
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3 0
noun
1. one copy (of a document); one letter
2. one-way traffic  (see also: 一方通行; abbreviation)
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1
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to write; to compose; to pen
2. to draw; to paint  (see also: 描く)
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Kanji
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セン   かわ river   
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タン   edge   は    はし    はた    
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マイ   every, each
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ネン   とし year   
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コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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キョウ   ゴウ   hometown
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
シ   かみ paper   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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ショ   か to write   
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