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えいねん
永年
の
こんなん
困難
にも、
かれ
彼
は
しんねん
信念
を
うしな
失
わなかった。
Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
永年の困難にも、彼は信念を失わなかった。
particle も + negative verb particle も + negative verb
 
not at all, never, nowhere etc
永年の困難にも、彼は信念を失わなかった。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
永年の困難にも、彼は信念を失わなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  失わなかった is the past negative form of 'u' godan verb 失う   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
な が ね ん 0
Most common form: 長年
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long time; many years
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こ ん な ん 1
difficulty; distress
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か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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し ん ね ん 1
belief; faith; conviction
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う し な う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to lose; to part with
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Kanji
永
エイ   long time   ながい long (time)   
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冫
ice   
水
スイ   みず water   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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困
コン   distressed   こまる to be distressed, be in a quandary   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
囗
box, enclosure   
難
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かたい hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
艹
grass   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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隹
little bird
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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厂
cliff
又
また again   
信
シン    trust, faith   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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念
ネン    idea, thought   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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㇇
katakana fu   
心
シン   こころ heart   
失
シツ   うしなう to lose   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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