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いちなん
一難
って
また
いちなん
一難
またまた
なんだい
難題
しゃちょう
社長
からトップダウン
りてきた

No sooner had we finished working on one tough problem than the president sent us yet another straight from the top.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
one difficulty; one danger
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1
Most common form: さる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leave; to go away
2. to pass; to elapse
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0
adverb, conjunction, prefix
again; and; also; still (doing something)  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: 又又
expression, adverb
1. again (and again); once again  (often written with kana only)
2. You're kidding!
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0
noun
difficult problem; challenge
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0
noun
company president; manager; director
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4
Most common form: トップ・ダウン
top down  (computer terminology)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down  (esp. 下りる)
2. to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount  (esp. 降りる)
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Kanji
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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little bird
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キョ   コ   さ leave   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ダイ    topic   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
チョウ   なが long   
コウ   おりる to get off   おろす to drop off   ふ to fall (eg rain)   
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wheel around
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go
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hill   
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