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しみんかつどう
市民活動
きは
気恥
ずかしい
だけどこんな
しゃかい
社会
だいじょうぶ? title of book, album etc.
I'm Embarrassed to be a "Civic Activist": However, Is It Okay to Have This Kind of Society?
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Words
noun
civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves
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noun
1. house; residence; dwelling
2. family; household
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Most common form: 気恥かしい
embarrassed; feeling ashamed or awkward
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conjunction
however
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such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this  (see also: あんな, そんな, どんな)
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noun
1. society; public; community; the world
2. social studies  (see also: 社会科; abbreviation)
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Most common form: 大丈夫
1. safe; all right; alright; OK; okay; sure
2. certainly; surely; undoubtedly
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Kanji
シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
ミン   たみ people   
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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スイ   みず water   
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
チ   はじ shame   はじる to feel ashamed   はじらう to be shy   はずかしい ashamed   
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ジ   みみ ear   
シン   こころ heart   
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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ジ   シ   しめ to show   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
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