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Breakdown of kami
paper
紙
To personalize your paper, on every thread that it consists of, you imprint your family name.
Usages of kami
手紙tegami
letter
紙 を 切った。kami wo kitta.
I cut the paper.
紙 を 無くした。kami wo nakusita.
I lost the paper.
この 紙 は とても 薄い。kono kami ha totemo usui.
This paper is very thin.
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