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ナポレオン
ぐんたい
軍隊
1815
ねん
ワーテルロー
たたか
やぶ
れた

Napoleon's army lost the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
noun
Napoleon
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1
noun
armed forces; military; troops
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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0
noun
battle; fight; struggle; conflict
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3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
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Kanji
グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
タイ    squad, unit   
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eight pigs
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eight
pig
hill   
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ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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セン   いくさ battle, war   たたか to do battle   
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タン    simple   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
small
デン   た rice field   
tasseled spear
ハイ   defeated   やぶれる to be defeated, frustrated   
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ぼく strike   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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