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まるで
しず
ふね
から
げる
ネズミみたい
It's just like rats leaving a sinking ship.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3 0
1. quite; entirely; completely; at all  (often written with kana only)
2. as if; as though; just like  (often written with kana only)
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0 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sink; to go under; to submerge
2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
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1
noun
1. ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship  (舟 is often small and hand-propelled; this meaning is restricted to form 船, 舟, ふね)
2. tank; tub; vat; trough
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to escape; to run away
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1
Most common form: ねずみ
noun
1. mouse; rat  (often written with kana only)
2. dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)  (see also: 鼠色)
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-like; sort of; similar to; resembling  (colloquialism)
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Kanji
チン   しず to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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lame   
スイ   みず water   
セン   ふね    ふな- ship   
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シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide
dot   
eight mouths
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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トウ   にげる    のがれる to escape   にがす    のが to free   
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チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
move
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