Components

Example details

 
いぬ
すく
なくとも
しゅじん
主人
かえ
った

The dog waited day after day for its master's return.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
2
noun
1. dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
2. snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.)
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3 2
at least
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1
1. head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady  (see also: ご主人)
2. one's husband
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3
noun
return; coming back
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1
noun
1. false start of a bout  (sumo term)
2. backsies (called when taking back a move in a game)
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Kanji
ケン   いぬ dog   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
キ   かえ to return   かえ to send back, give back   
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トウ   かたな sword   
broom   
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yo; yell
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
タイ   ま to wait   
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step
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
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