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きみ
ぼく
でんわ
電話
する
ひつよう
必要
ない
You need not telephone me.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
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1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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Most common form: ぼく
1. I; me  (male term or language)
2. you  (used addressing young children)
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0
1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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Kanji
クン   きみ you   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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slashed yo
ボク    me, I   
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ホク   わずらわしい troublesome   
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almost lined up
grass   
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
デン    electricity   
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electricity
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second   おつ    
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
フ   あめ rain   
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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シン   こころ heart   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
west
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