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その
しょうねん
少年
すく
ために
われわれ
我々
できる
かぎ
こと
した
We did everything we could to save the boy.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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0 3
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
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2
conjunction
1. for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of  (often written with kana only)
2. because of; as a result of  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 我我
we
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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1 3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. limit; limits; bounds
2. degree; extent; scope
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2
Most common form: こと
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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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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Kanji
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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キュウ   すく to rescue, save   
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キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
スイ   みず water   
ぼく strike   
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
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ゲン   かぎ to limit, restrict   
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good
hill   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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