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わたしたち
私達
は
えいえいもくもく
営々黙々
と
はたら
働
いた
。
We worked quietly and assiduously.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
わ た し た ち 3
Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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Most common form: 営営黙黙
quietly and assiduously  (yojijukugo)
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は た ら く 0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to work; to labor; to labour
2. to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
達
タツ    arrive   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
営
エイ   occupied   いとなむ to be occupied with, to carry on (a business)   
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呂
リョ   ロ    spine   
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丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
黙
モク   silent   だまる to remain silent   
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里
リ   さと village   
犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
灬
fire
働
ドウ   はたらく to work   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
動
ドウ   うごく to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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