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生け垣

生垣

Reading

Kana: いけがき
Romaji: ikegaki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
adj-no
1

hedge

Kanji

生
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
垣
Readings: エン、 かき
Meanings: hedge, fence, wall

Example Sentences

猫(ねこ)は生(い)け垣(がき)を通(とお)り抜(ぬ)けた。
➥The cat got through the hedge.
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スレートの小道(こみち)では芝(しば)は刈(か)り残(のこ)されており、雑草(ざっそう)も残(のこ)っており、道路(どうろ)のそばの生(い)け垣(がき)の外側(そとがわ)の芝(しば)は刈(か)っていないことが多(おお)かった。
➥The grass was left long and weedy in the slate walk, and very often he wasn't cutting the grass on the other side of the hedge by the road at all.
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