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たなか
田中
さん
やました
山下
さんより
しごと
仕事
はや
です
Ms Tanaka is quicker at work than Ms Yamashita.
Names
たなか   Tanaka   (place name, surname, female given name)  
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やました   Yamashita   (place name, surname)  
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Words
suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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2
1. fast; quick; hasty; brisk  (esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い)
2. early (in the day, etc.); premature  (esp. 早い)
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Kanji
デン   た rice field   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
サン   やま mountain   
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   しも bottom part   もと under (influence)   さげる to lower, to reduce   さがる to be lowered   くだ to descend   くだ to judge   くださる to give   おろす to drop off (passenger)   おりる to get off (train)   
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はや early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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