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因此 ( yīn cǐ ) 这 ( zhè ) 只 ( zhǐ ) 海狸 ( hǎi lí ) 采用 ( cǎi yòng ) 在 ( zài ) 他 ( tā ) 池塘 ( chí táng ) 边 ( biān ) 抽 ( chōu ) 条 ( tiáo ) 发芽 ( fā yá ) 的 ( de ) 新生 ( xīn shēng ) 柳树 ( liǔ shù ) 的 ( de ) 嫩 ( nèn ) 枝 ( zhī ) 来 ( lái ) 建造 ( jiàn zào ) 他 ( tā ) 的 ( de ) 水坝 ( shuǐ bà )
因 (いん) (n) (1) cause; factor; (2) {Buddh} (See 縁・えん・5) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); (3) (See 因明) the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya); (P) [EDICT] (よすが;よすか(ok)) (n) (1) something to rely on; aid; clue; way; means; (2) someone to rely on; relative; (3) reminder; memento [EDICT] (yīn, ㄧㄣ ) cause; reason; because [CE-DICT]
此 (cǐ, ㄘˇ ) this; these [CE-DICT]
采 (さい;さえ) (n) (1) (abbr) (See 骰子) dice; die; (2) (さい only) (See 采配・1) baton (of command) [EDICT] (cǎi, ㄘㄞˇ ) to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather [CE-DICT] (cǎi, ㄘㄞˇ ) affairs; gather [CE-DICT] (cài, ㄘㄞˋ ) allotment to a feudal noble [CE-DICT]
用 (よう) (n,n-suf) (1) task; business; (2) use; duty; service; (3) (See 用を足す) call of nature; excretion; (P) [EDICT] (yòng, ㄩㄥˋ ) to use [CE-DICT]
新 (しん) (n-pref,n,n-suf) (1) new; neo-; (n) (2) (abbr) (See 新暦) Gregorian calendar; (3) Xin (dynasty of China); (P) [EDICT] (さら;あら(新);にい(新)) (n,adj-no) (1) (さら only) (arch) new (i.e. brand-new, never used); (pref) (2) new; (adj-na) (3) (更 only) obvious; natural [EDICT] (xīn, ㄒㄧㄣ ) new; newly; abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆; meso- (chem.) [CE-DICT]
生 (うぶ) (adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) (esp. 初, 初心) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears; (n-pref) (2) (産, 生) birth- [EDICT] (いく) (pref) (arch) vital; virile; lively [EDICT] (き) (n,pref) pure; undiluted; raw; crude [EDICT] (せい;しょう) (n) (1) life; living; (n,n-suf) (2) (せい only) (male) (hum) I; me; myself [EDICT] (なま) (adj-no,adj-na,n,n-pref) (1) raw; uncooked; fresh; (2) natural; unedited; unprocessed; crude; (3) (col) unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom); (4) live (i.e. not recorded); (5) inexperienced; unpolished; green; (6) (abbr) (See 御生,生意気) impudence; sauciness; (7) (abbr) (See 生ビール) unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer; (pref) (8) partially; somewhat; half-; semi-; (P) [EDICT] (ふ) (n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) [EDICT] (なまり) (n) (uk) (abbr) (See 生り節) boiled and half-dried bonito [EDICT] (shēng, ㄕㄥ ) to be born; to give birth; life; to grow [CE-DICT]
来 (らい) (n) (1) next (year, etc.); (2) since (last month, etc.); (P) [EDICT] (lái, ㄌㄞˊ ) to come; to arrive; to come round; ever since; next [CE-DICT]
建 (たて) (n,n-suf,n-pref) contract; commitment [EDICT] (たける) (n) (arch) leader of a fearless tribe [EDICT] (jiàn, ㄐㄧㄢˋ ) to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct [CE-DICT]
造 (zào, ㄗㄠˋ ) to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture [CE-DICT]