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When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
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Vocabulary list

haru
noun, adverb
  1. spring; springtime
noun
  1. New Year
  2. prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); heyday
  3. adolescence; puberty
  4. sexuality; sexual desire
ninaruto
expression
  1. when it becomes; when it comes to
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
naru
godan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
  2. to result in; to prove to be
  3. to consist of; to be composed of
  4. to succeed; to be complete
  5. to change into; to be exchanged for
  6. to play a role
  7. to be promoted
godan verb
  1. to do ... (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
hatake
noun
  1. field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
noun, suffix
  1. field (of specialization); sphere; area (ばたけ when suf)
  2. womb; birth; birthplace
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
horikaesu
horikaesu

te-form

horikaeshite
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to dig up; to turn up; to tear up
  2. to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
tanewomaku

Polite Present Indicative Form

tanewomakimasu
expression, godan verb
  1. to sow seeds
  2. to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict) (as ...の種をまく)
tane
noun
  1. seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
  2. material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
  3. ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi
  4. cause; source
  5. trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
  6. paternal blood; lineage
  7. breed (of a stock); sperm; semen
  8. 10-point card (in hanafuda); tane; animal card (oft. as タネ)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
maku

Polite Present Indicative Form

makimasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to sow; to plant; to seed
  2. to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict)
  3. to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

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