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どうして
にゅうし
入試
しっぱい
失敗
した
です
Why did you fail in the entrance examination?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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adverb, interjection (kandoushi)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for  (see also: どうやって; often written with kana only)
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entrance examination  (see also: 入学試験; abbreviation)
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failure; mistake; blunder
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Kanji
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
シ   ため to test   こころみる to attempt   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
shoot
シツ   うしな to lose   
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シ   や arrow   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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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