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がんこいってつ
頑固一徹
ボス
おも
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.
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Words
stubborn; obstinate; sticking to one's views or decisions  (yojijukugo)
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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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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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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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Kanji
ガン    stubborn   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
コ   かた hard   かたまる to harden   かためる to make hard   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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box, enclosure   
テツ    to go through, to pierce   
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step
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   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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