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けんめい
賢明
な
ははおや
母親
だったら
こども
子供
を
しか
叱
らなかったかもしれない。
A wise mother might not have scolded her child.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
賢明な母親だったら子供を叱らなかったかもしれない。
〜かもしれない 〜かもしれない
 
may be
賢明な母親だったら子供を叱らなかったかもしれない。
verb たら conditional form verb たら conditional form
 
if
賢明な母親だったら子供を叱らなかったかもしれない。
Conjugations and inflections
  賢明な is the inflected form of 'na' adjective 賢明   ALL INFLECTIONS
  だったら is the たら conditional form of copula だ   ALL INFLECTIONS
  叱らなかった is the past negative form of 'ru' godan verb 叱る   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
け ん め い 0
wisdom; intelligence; prudence
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は は お や 0
Most common form: ははおや
mother
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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こ ど も 0
noun
child; children
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し か る 0 し か る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand  (often written with kana only)
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か も し れ な い 1 か も し れ な い 0
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
賢
ケン   かしこい wise   
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臤
かたい hard   
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臣
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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又
また again   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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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儿
legs
子
シ   ス   こ child   
供
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
共
キョウ   とも together   
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艹
grass   
叱
シツ   しかる to scold   
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七
シチ   ななつ    なな    なの seven   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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