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われわれ
こと
かなら
ずしも
あいじょう
愛情
えない
まで
すく
なくとも
いっしゅ
一種
あこが
って
ふりかえるである
We look back on days gone by, if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
Most common form: 我我
we
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2
Most common form: すぎる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
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0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. day; days  (this meaning is restricted to form 日)
2. sun; sunshine; sunlight
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2
Most common form: こと
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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4
not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely  (used with neg. verb)
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0
love; affection
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0
to be possible to say; to be able to say  (see also: 言う; often as ...と言える)
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0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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3 2
at least
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1
adverb, noun
species; kind; variety
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
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1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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3
Most common form: 振り返る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
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カ   あやま mistake   あやま to slip up   すぎる to overdo, be more than   すごす to pass, spend   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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アイ    love   
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ジョウ   セイ   なさ emotion; circumstances   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シュ    variety   たね seed   
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ショウ   あこがれる to yearn for, long for   
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ジ   も to hold, to have   
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