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がんこいってつ
頑固一徹
のボスだと
おも
思
っていた
けれど、そうではなかった。
I thought our boss was as stubborn as a mule, but that wasn’t the case.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
stubborn; obstinate; sticking to one's views or decisions  (yojijukugo)
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ボ ス 1
noun
1. boss; leader; head
2. difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game
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お も う 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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け れ ど 1
Most common form: けど
conjunction, particle
but; however; although
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1. so; really; seeming
2. appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of  (after masu stem or adj-stem)
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expression, 'i' adjective
is not; am not; are not  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
頑
ガン    stubborn   
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元
ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
儿
legs
頁
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
固
コ   かたい hard   かたまる to harden   かためる to make hard   
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古
コ   ふるい old   -ふるす to grow old   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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囗
box, enclosure   
徹
テツ    to go through, to pierce   
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彳
step
育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
攵
ぼく strike   
思
シ   おもう to think   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
田
デン   た rice field   
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