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ざいむじかん
財務次官
しゅうわい
収賄
して
げごく
下獄
した

The vice-minister of finance was jailed for receiving a bribe.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
noun
vice-minister of finance
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accepting bribes; corruption; graft
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being sent to prison
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Kanji
ザイ   サイ    money, wealth, property   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
サイ    genius   
ム   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ぼく strike   
ム   ほこ halberd   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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katakana 'ma'
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
ジ   シ   つぎ next   つ to come after   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
ice   
カン    bureaucrat   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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roof   
シュウ   おさめる to supply; to pay; to achieve; to obtain   
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connect; 'join the vine'   
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stick   
また again   
ワイ    bribe   まかな to provide for, to board   
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ユウ   ウ   あ to possess; to exist   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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)   
ゴク    prison   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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