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Kudo Masaki:
29 Aug: 20:07
Sounds awesome clay.

clay:
28 Aug: 19:03
It doesn't have some of the problems of this shoutbox (posting covers up top message; IE formatting URLs, etc)

two_heads_talking:
28 Aug: 15:04
that sounds like fun..

phreadom:
28 Aug: 13:22
2HT: in a few days you'll be able to find that out for yourself. ;)

two_heads_talking:
28 Aug: 11:56
how is the shoutbox better, Clay?

clay:
27 Aug: 05:34
BTW, the shoutbox is much better too!

clay:
27 Aug: 05:33
Awesome!

Kudo Masaki:
26 Aug: 22:40
Clay-san, I cant wait until the (awesome) update! It will be (awesome)! =D

clay:
25 Aug: 18:31
But my mother in law calls it a チャンネル :)

clay:
25 Aug: 18:29
リモコン

DanielJ:
25 Aug: 16:03
(TV) remoteはなんといますか。

Kessembi:
25 Aug: 06:11
ん~！私はバナナをほしい!!ㅋㅋㅋ

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左

Meanings: left

On Readings: サ sa

Kun Readings: ひだり hidari

Most Used Pronunciation: hidari
JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji)

Grade: 1

Kanji Part: 工

Stroke Number: 5

　 Level 4 Completion 43 / 103

Common jukugo
左手 - ひだり　て hidari te - left hand
左派 - さ　は sa ha - left wing (political)
左耳 - ひだり　みみ hidari mimi - left ear

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Notes/Mnemonic
Both left (左) and right (右) are very similar. Left has a capital H on it side to remind you it is 'HIDARI' (Thanks to Andrew W for that idea!)

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.

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