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    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 井

    井

    井い

    well

    KMT3News #6+1NounHome & HousingKanji Vocab4 strokes

    い

    Noun

    1.
    well

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    この村むらには古ふるい井いがある。

    This village has an old well.

    KMT3Home & HousingHistory
    井いから水みずを汲くみ上あげる。

    Draw water from the well.

    KMT3Home & HousingDaily Life
    昔むかしの家いえには、庭にわに井いがあった。

    Old houses had a well in the garden.

    KMT3Home & HousingHistory
    彼かれは井いの中なかの蛙カエルだ。

    He is a frog in a well (i.e., narrow-minded).

    KMT4LiteratureEmotions & Psychology
    この井いは、村むら人びとたちの生せい活かつを支ささえてきた。

    This well has supported the lives of the villagers.

    KMT4Home & HousingHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    井
    い…(5)
    well・well crib・town・community
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