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しかも
そんがい
損害
すくな
だいせいこう
大成功
てったい
撤退
なった
What’s more, the retreat was very successful with a small number of casualties, but ...
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2
conjunction
1. moreover; furthermore  (often written with kana only)
2. nevertheless; and yet  (often written with kana only)
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0
damage; injury; loss
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3
Most common form: 少ない
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
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3
noun
huge success
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0
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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Kanji
ソン   そこなう    そこねる to injure, to harm   
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イン    employee   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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hand
ガイ    damaged, injured   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
roof   
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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tasseled spear
wrap
ク   コウ    achievement   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
テツ    withdraw, remove   
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イク   そだ to grow up   そだてる    はぐく to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ぼく strike   
退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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good
move
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