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あの
かんぼうちょうかん
官房長官
は
おもて
表
に
で
出
ず
わきやく
脇役
に
てっ
徹
した。
The chief of staff didn’t show up, thereby staying in the supporting role.
Grammar and points of interest
あの, あれ あの, あれ
 
that (object) over there, that (over there)
あの官房長官は表に出ず脇役に徹した。
Conjugations and inflections
  表に出ず is the ず negative form of ichidan verb 表に出る   ALL INFLECTIONS
  徹した is the past form of suru verb - special class 徹する   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
あ の 1
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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か ん ぼ う ち ょ う か ん 5
noun
Chief Cabinet Secretary
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expression, ichidan verb
1. to come to a head
2. to be out in public
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わ き や く 0
supporting role (actor); minor role
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て っ す る 0 て っ す る 3
suru verb - special class
1. to penetrate; to sink in
2. to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively
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Kanji
官
カン    bureaucrat   
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㠯
two mouths
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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宀
roof   
房
ボウ   room   ふさ a tassle   
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戸
コ   と door   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
尸
corpse
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
長
チョウ   ながい long   
表
ヒョウ   おもて surface, front   あらわす to show, to represent   あらわれる to be present, to appear   
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龶
シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
脇
わき armpit   
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劦
3x the effort
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
⺼
ニク body part   
役
ヤク   エキ    office, role; service   
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彳
step
殳
lance shaft   
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几
キ    table   
又
また again   
徹
テツ    to go through, to pierce   
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育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
攵
ぼく strike   
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