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まもなく
かれ
きょうじゅ
教授
にんめい
任命
された

It was not long before he was appointed professor.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
1. soon; before long; in a short time  (often written with kana only)
2. lacking time to ...; without time to ...  (after verb; often written with kana only)
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
1. professor
2. teaching; instruction
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0
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
ぼく strike   
ジュ   さずける to teach, to grant   さずかる be granted, to be taught   
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hand
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)    
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cover; covered   
つめ claw; fingernail   
ニン    responsibility   まか    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニン    #9, 9th; burden   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   samurai
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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