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かれ
せんぱいづら
先輩面
をして
たの
んできた
ので
わたし
ことわ
った

He acted superior when making a request, so I turned him down.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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to put on an air of seniority  (see also: 先輩風を吹かす)
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2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to request; to beg; to ask
2. to call; to order; to reserve
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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3
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
2. to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
ハイ    colleague   
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ヒ   mistake
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シャ   くるま car   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ライ   たよ to rely (on)   たのもしい reliable   たの to ask(for), entrust   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ダン   ことわ to refuse, to decline   た to cut off   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
shelf
キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
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