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その
ふたり
2人
せいじか
政治家
はじ
めて
めん
かって
った

The two politicians met face to face for the first time.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: 二人
noun
two persons; two people; pair; couple
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0
noun
politician; statesman
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2
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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noun
1. face
2. mask; face guard
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0
Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face
2. to go towards; to head towards
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Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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   
ジ   チ   おさめる to govern   おさまる to be at peace   なお to get better   なお to cure   
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ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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ム   private
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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スイ   みず water   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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wide mouth
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wide
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   
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