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かのじょ
彼女
たす
けよ
する
わたし
どりょく
努力
すべて
まった
むだなるだろう
おも

I'm afraid all my efforts to help her will be to no purpose.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to save; to rescue
2. to help; to assist
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1
great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort
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1
1. everything; all; the whole  (often written with kana only)
2. entirely; completely; wholly; all  (often written with kana only)
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0 4
1. really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly
2. indeed
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0
Most common form: 無駄
futility; uselessness; pointlessness
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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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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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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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   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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and another, moreover   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ド   つとめる to work, to toil   
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ド   guy
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ゼン   まった entirely   すべ everything   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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