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この
しごと
仕事
めんどう
面倒
いや
だったとうとう
わたし
はち
まわ
ってきた

I didn’t want to do this job as it was troublesome, but it's finally my turn.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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3
trouble; difficulty; care; attention
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2
Most common form: いや
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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1
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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Most common form: 御鉢が回って来る
it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me  (idiomatic expression)
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Kanji
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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トウ   たおれる to fall over   たお to knock down   
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トウ    arrive   
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シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
トウ   かたな sword   
ケン   ゲン   いや disagreeable   きら to dislike   
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ケン   double   かねる to be unable to; to double up as   
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grain
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ハツ   ハチ    bowl   
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キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
カイ   エ   まわ to revolve   まわ to make turn   
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box, enclosure   
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