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しかしいつどこにいても
でんわ
電話
なければいけない
がして
それが
いや
やめてしまったのだ
However, I felt like I had to answer the phone no matter when or where, and I didn't like that, so I quit keeping one.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2 1
conjunction
however; but  (often written with kana only)
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), pronoun
when; how soon  (often written with kana only)
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expression
no matter where; wherever
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0
1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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1
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out  (opposite: 入る)
2. to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
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to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
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expression
1. that; it  (subject of sentence)
2. well yes, actually, now that you mention it; well, in fact  (in response to a question; idiomatic expression)
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2
Most common form: いや
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
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1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit  (often written with kana only)
2. to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: のです
expression
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...
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Kanji
デン    electricity   
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electricity
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second   おつ    
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
フ   あめ rain   
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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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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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
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   
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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