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あの
しゃちょう
社長
ひしょ
秘書
いつも
ましている

That company president’s secretary always puts on airs.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
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that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
company president; manager; director
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1 2
1. (private) secretary
noun
2. treasured book; secret book
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1
adverb, noun
1. always; usually; every time  (often written with kana only)
2. never  (with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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Most common form: すます
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to clear; to make clear
2. to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
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Kanji
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
チョウ   なが long   
ヒ   secret   ひめる to keep secret   
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grain
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
ショ   か to write   
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writing brush
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
チョウ   す to become clear   すます to make clear    
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トウ   ト   のぼ to climb   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
hairy legs
スイ   みず water   
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