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かれ
がしゅう
我執
とら
われて
みち
あやま
ってしまった

He got caught up in self-centered thinking, refused to change that, and took the wrong path.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
noun
egotism; obstinacy
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4
Most common form: とらわれる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be arrested; to be apprehended
2. to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to; to adhere to; to be swayed by  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form:
noun
1. road; street; way; path; course; route; lane
2. distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways")
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3
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to err
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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   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
シツ   シュウ   hold on to   と    
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コウ   さち    しあわ    さいわ happiness   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ガン   round; circle   まる round, circular   
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
dot   
シュウ   prisoner
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
box, enclosure   
ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
ゴ   error   あやま to err, to make a mistake   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゴ    give; Wu dynasty of China   
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shelf
table
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