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その
かいしゃ
会社
かいちょう
会長
いんせい
院政
いていて
しゃちょう
社長
かざ
すぎない
The "retired" president of that company runs the whole show from behind the scenes, so the current president is nothing but a figurehead.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
1. company; corporation
2. workplace
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0
noun
president (of a society); chairman
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0
noun
government by cloistered emperors
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0
Most common form: しく
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
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0
noun
company president; manager; director
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0
Most common form: 御飾り
noun
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
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Kanji
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
チョウ   なが long   
イン    institution   
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カン    complete   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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legs
roof   
hill   
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セイ   ショウ   まつりごと government   
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セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただ to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ぼく strike   
フ   し to spread out, to lay   
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the first time the way
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ホ    the first time   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
dot   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
ショク   かざ to decorate   
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eat; food
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
キン   turban; cloth
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