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マザー・テレサ
まず
しい
ひとびと
人々
なに
ひつよう
必要
している
まわ
ことから
かつどう
活動
はじ
めた

Mother Teresa began her work by looking around to see what was needed.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
1. poor; needy
2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
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2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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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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0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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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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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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2
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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0
1. action; activity; (military etc.) operation
noun
2. movie (esp. during the silent movie period)  (see also: 活動写真; abbreviation; obsolete term)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate
2. to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.)
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Kanji
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なかぐろ middle dot   
ヒン   ビン   まずしい poor   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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カイ   エ   まわ to revolve   まわ to make turn   
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カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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