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げんご
言語
がどのように
はじ
始
まった
のかについてはいくつも
すいろん
推論
はあるが、
じつ
実
は
だれもあまり
し
知
らない
。
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
げ ん ご 1
noun
language  (linguistics terminology)
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which; what (way)  (see also: 此の, 其の, 彼の; often written with kana only)
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よ う 1
Most common form: 用
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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は じ ま る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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expression
1. about; concerning; regarding  (see also: につきまして; often written with kana only)
2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every  (often written with kana only)
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い く つ 1
1. how many?  (often written with kana only)
2. how old?
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す い ろ ん 1
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
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あ る 1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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じ つ は 2
expression, adverb
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
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だ れ 1
Most common form: 誰
who
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あ ま り 3 あ ま り 0 あ ま り 1
'na' adjective, adverb, 'no' adjective, noun, noun (suffix)
1. remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant  (often written with kana only)
2. not very (with negative sentence); not much  (often written with kana only)
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し る 0
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to know; to be aware (of); to be conscious (of); to learn (of); to find out; to discover
2. to sense; to feel; to notice; to realize
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Kanji
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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語
ゴ   かたる to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
推
スイ   おす to infer, to deduce; to endorse   
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隹
little bird
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扌
hand
論
ロン    thesis, argument, discussion   
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侖
リン   ロン   おもう think   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
冊
サツ   サク    volume   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
冂
wide
実
ジツ    fruit; reality   み fruit, nut   みのる to bear fruit   
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three men
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三
サン   み    みっつ three   
宀
roof   
知
チ   しる to know   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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