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よしお
義男
は
あたら
新
しい
バスケットシューズに
いちまん
1万
ご
5
せんえん
千円
も
はら
払
う
といったが、
わたし
私
はそれは
たか
高
すぎる
と
おも
思
いました
。
Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Names
よしお   Yoshio   (male given name)  
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Words
あ た ら し い 4
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
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バ ス ケ ッ ト 3
noun
1. basket
2. basketball  (see also: バスケットボール; abbreviation)
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シ ュ ー ズ 1
noun
shoes
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Most common form: 一万
noun
10,000; ten thousand
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ご 1
numeric
five  (伍 is used in legal documents)
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せ ん え ん 0
noun
1000 yen
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は ら う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to pay (e.g. money, bill)
2. to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
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い う 0
Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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た か い 2
1. high; tall  (opposite: 低い; this meaning is restricted to form 高い)
2. expensive
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お も う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
義
ギ    honour   
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我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
男
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
田
デン   た rice field   
新
シン   あたらしい    あらた    にい- new   
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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   
斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
万
マン   バン    10,000   
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勹
wrap
千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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円
エン    circle, yen   まるい round   
払
フツ    to pay; to dispose of   はらう to pay   
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厶
ム   private
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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禾
grain
高
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たかい expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亠
lid
思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
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