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どうしてその
べんごし
弁護士
はその
ぎろん
議論
で
ま
負
けたのだろうか。
Why did the lawyer lose in the argument?
Conjugations and inflections
  負けた is the past form of ichidan verb 負ける   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ど う し て 1
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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べ ん ご し 3
noun
lawyer; attorney
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ぎ ろ ん 1
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
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ま け る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lose; to be defeated
2. to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield  (this meaning is restricted to form 負ける)
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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Kanji
弁
ベン    dialect, speech; distinguish, discriminate   
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廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
厶
ム   private
護
ゴ    defend, protect   
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蒦
はかる to measure   
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萑
おぎ reeds, grass used for mats   
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隹
little bird
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艹
grass   
又
また again   
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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士
シ   samurai
議
ギ    deliberation   
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義
ギ    honour   
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我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
論
ロン    thesis, argument, discussion   
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侖
リン   ロン   おもう think   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
冊
サツ   サク    volume   
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冂
wide
負
フ   まかす to defeat   まける to be defeated   おう to carry (on one's back)   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
⺈
corner
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