Components

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わたしたち
私達
えいえいもくもく
営々黙々
はたら
いた

We worked quietly and assiduously.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
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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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'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
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
タツ    arrive   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
move
エイ   occupied   いとな to be occupied with, to carry on (a business)   
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リョ   ロ    spine   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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classroom
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small
cover; covered   
(kanji repetition symbol)   
モク   silent   だま to remain silent   
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リ   さと village   
ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
fire
ドウ   はたら to work   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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