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われわれ
我々
ふね
しお
によって
きし
なが
された

Our boat drifted to shore on the tide.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: 我我
we
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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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Most common form: しお
noun
1. tide; current
2. salt water
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expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of  (often written with kana only)
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noun
bank; coast; shore
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Most common form: 押流す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to wash away
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Kanji
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
(kanji repetition symbol)   
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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チョウ   しお tide   
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チョウ   あさ morning   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ten times earlier
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
スイ   みず water   
ガン   きし coast, shore, banks   
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サン   やま mountain   
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カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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cliff
オウ   お to push   おさえる to check, to restrain   
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コウ   カン    #1, first; armor   
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   なが to pour out, to flush    
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private lidded river
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
セン   かわ river   
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