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かがくしゃ
科学者
なぜ
そら
あお
いろいろな
せつめい
説明
かんが
してきた

Scientists have come up with many explanations for why the sky is blue.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2 3
noun
scientist
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1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
1. sky; the air; the heavens
2. weather
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2
1. blue; green
2. pale  (this meaning is restricted to form 青い, 蒼い)
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0
1. various  (often written with kana only)
2. various colors (colours)  (archaic)
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0
explanation; exposition
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5
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
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Kanji
カ    department   
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grain
ト    Big Dipper   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
dot   
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
クウ   から empty   あ to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あ to open   あける to empty   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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reach
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
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