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しゅしゃせんたく
取捨選択
する
じだい
時代
いこう
移行
せざるを
ない
でしょう
We can't avoid reaching a point where we have to decide.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
1
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject  (yojijukugo)
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0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), noun
1. period; epoch; era; age
2. the times; those days
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0
switching over to; migration; transition
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Most common form: せざるはえない
expression, 'i' adjective
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do  (see also: ざる)
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: だろう; polite (teineigo) language)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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Kanji
シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
シャ   すてる to throw away   
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hand
シャ    house, hut, barracks   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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セン   えら choose   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
move
タク    selection   
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シャク    unit of length (about a foot)   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ   shift   うつ    うつ to move   
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タ   おお many   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
grain
コウ   ギョウ   アン   ゆ    い to go   おこな to take place   
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step
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
トク    profit   え    う to acquire   
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an inch at dawn
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タン   ダン    dawn   
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