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この
ちょうさ
調査
した
ひろさき
弘前
だいがく
大学
まつざか
松坂
まさし
方士
さん
よんじゅう
40
おどろ
ほど
たか
ですこれがん
くなる
ひと
おお
げんいん
原因
ひと
かもしれませんもっといい
けんさ
検査
しなければなりません
はな
しています

Hirosaki University’s Mr Masashi Matsuzaka, who conducted the research, commented, “40% is surprisingly high. This may be one of the causes of large numbers of people dying from cancer. We must improve the quality of these examinations.”
Readings
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だいちょう
大腸
のがんを40%
つけられなかった
かのうせい
可能性
あおもりけん
青森県
  Possibility That 40% of Stomach and Bowel Cancer Cases Went Undetected - Aomori Prefecture
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Names
ひろさき   Hirosaki   (place name, surname)  
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まつざか   Matsuzaka   (place name, surname)  
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まさし   Masashi   (male given name)  
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Words
1
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.  (see also: 総合大学)
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)  (see also: 大学寮, 国学; abbreviation)
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suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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noun
forty
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Most common form: パーセント
noun
percent; percentage
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3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be surprised; to be astonished
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0 2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. degree; extent; bounds; limit  (often written with kana only)
particle
2. indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit  (often written with kana only)
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2
1. high; tall  (opposite: 低い; this meaning is restricted to form 高い)
2. expensive
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0
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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Most common form: ガン
noun
cancer  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: なくなる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to die
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0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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1 2
many; numerous
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0
cause; origin; source
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2
Most common form: 一つ
numeric
1. one
noun
2. for one thing  (often used in itemized lists)
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Most common form: かも知れません
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (see also: かも知れない; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
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1
(some) more; even more; longer; further
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1
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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1
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
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2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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Kanji
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調
チョウ   しらべる to investigate   ととの to be arranged, to be in order   ととのえる to adjust, tune   
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サ    investigation   
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コウ    vast   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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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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ガク   まな to learn   
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ショウ   まつ pine tree   
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ハン   さか slope   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
シ   samurai
キョウ   surprised   おどろ to be surprised   おどろかす to surprise, to frighten   
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コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
タ   おお many   
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ゲン   はら meadow   
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イン   cause   よ to depend on   
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ケン    investigation   
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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