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何をすべきかわからなかったので、私は助言を求めて母に電話をした。
Not knowing what to do, I called my mother for advice.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
な に 1
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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expression
should do; ought to do  (see also: するべき; often written with kana only; abbreviation)
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わ か る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (often written with kana only)
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の で 0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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じ ょ げ ん 0
advice; suggestion
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も と め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to want; to wish for
2. to request; to demand
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は は 2
noun
mother  (see also: 父; かか was used by children; humble)
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で ん わ 0
1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
何
カ   なに    なん what?   
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可
カ    good, possible, approval   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
亅
hook
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
助
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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求
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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丶
dot   
水
スイ   みず water   
母
ボ   はは mother   
電
デン    electricity   
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电
electricity
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乚
second   おつ    
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
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