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「
わたし
私
がマッキンゼーを
や
辞
めた
りゆう
理由
じぶん
自分
の
じんせい
人生
を
き
切
り
ひら
拓
く
けつだんりょく
決断力
」 title of book, album etc.
Why I Left McKinsey: The Ability to Make a Decision to Carve Out One’s Own Life
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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や め る 0
Most common form: やめる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
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り ゆ う 0
noun
reason; pretext; motive
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じ ぶ ん 0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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じ ん せ い 1
noun
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
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き り ひ ら く 4 き り ひ ら く 0
Most common form: 切開く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to clear (land); to open up; to cut through
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け つ だ ん り ょ く 3
decisiveness
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Kanji
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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辞
ジ   やめる quit   
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理
リ    logic   
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由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
分
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
切
セツ   サイ   きる to cut   きれる to break, to snap   
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拓
タク    clear the way   
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決
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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断
ダン   ことわる to refuse, to decline   たつ to cut off   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
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