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こんな
うすぐら
薄暗
へや
部屋
しごと
仕事
ならない
It's impossible to work in a room this dim.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
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such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this  (see also: あんな, そんな, どんな)
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dim; gloomy
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noun
1. room; chamber
2. apartment; flat; pad
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1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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expression
1. cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; cannot bear not to  (usu. ...てならない or ...でならない)
2. must not ...; should not ...  (usu. ...てはならない or ...ではならない)
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Kanji
ハク   うす thin   うすめる to dilute   うすまる to be watered down   うすれる    うすらぐ to decline, fade   
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セン   specialist; expert   もっぱ entirely, wholely   
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スン   inch
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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grass   
スイ   みず water   
アン   くら dark   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ブ   part
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standing mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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オク   や roof   
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corpse
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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