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これ
わたし
しょうがい
生涯
にとって
せんざいいちぐう
千載一遇
きかい
機会
です
This is the chance of a lifetime.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
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pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
one's lifetime (i.e. one's existence until death); one's career
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expression
to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding  (see also: 取る; often written with kana only)
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noun
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years  (yojijukugo)
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noun
chance; opportunity
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ガイ    shore, horizon, limit, bound   
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スイ   みず water   
ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
cliff
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
サイ   の to be placed on, appear in print   のせる to place on, publish   
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ten spears
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tasseled spear
シャ   くるま car   
グウ    entertain; deal with   
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グウ    long-tailed monkey   
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tracks, footprint   
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wide
デン   た rice field   
move
キ    machine   はた loom   
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キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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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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