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かれ
がいむだいじん
外務大臣
としては
きゅうだい
及第
える

I think he barely makes the grade as foreign minister.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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4
noun
Minister for Foreign Affairs
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expression
as (for); for; in the capacity of  (see also: として, )
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0
noun, 'suru' verb, intransitive verb
passing (an examination); making the grade  (opposite: 落第)
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0
to be possible to say; to be able to say  (see also: 言う; often as ...と言える)
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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   
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
divining rod
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   
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   
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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キュウ   およ to amount to, reach   およぼす to exert   およ and, as well as   
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three
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ダイ    number   
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チョウ    mourning   とむら to mourn, condole   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
bamboo
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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