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あんな
やつ
しごと
仕事
てつだ
手伝
ってやる
ひつよう
必要
なかった
You needn't have helped him with his work.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of  (see also: こんな, そんな, どんな)
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1
Most common form: やつ
1. fellow; guy; chap  (often written with kana only; derogatory; this meaning is restricted to reading やつ)
2. thing; object  (colloquialism; this meaning is restricted to reading やつ)
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0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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3
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to help; to assist; to aid
2. to contribute to; to be a factor in
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0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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Kanji
ド   guy
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
また again   
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   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
デン   つたえる to tell, transmit   つたわる to be handed down   つた to go along   
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ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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