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すみません。
せいざ
正座
はできますが、
なが
長
く
できるかわかりません。
I'm sorry! I can sit on my knees, but I don't know if I can do it for long.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
す み ま せ ん 4
expression
1. excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry  (often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. thank you  (often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
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せ い ざ 0
Most common form: 正坐
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
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で き る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable  (often written with kana only)
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な が い 2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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わ か る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
正
セイ   ショウ   ただしい correct   ただす to correct   まさ precise, exact   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
座
ザ   すわる to sit   
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坐
ザ   すわる to sit   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
長
チョウ   ながい long   
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