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しゅうしょく
就職
した
ときに
って
いらい
以来
ずっと
つか
使
っていた
かばんがとうとう
こわ
れた
ので
える
ことにした
The bag I bought when I got my job and have been using ever since, finally broke, so I decided to buy a new one.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
finding employment; getting a job
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2
conjunction
1. by the way; incidentally
2. sometimes; occasionally; on occasion
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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0 3
1. continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way  (ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic)
2. much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
2. to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate  (see also: 人使い)
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particle
1. indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)  (was written as 歟, used at sentence-end)
2. or; whether or not  (after each alternative)
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1
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end  (often written with kana only)
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3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be broken; to break
2. to fall through; to come to nothing
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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4 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new
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1. to decide to  (often written with kana only)
2. to pretend that  (after the past tense form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シュウ   ジュ   employed   つ to be employed, take (a seat)   つける to employ   
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キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
もっと plausible   
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lame   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ショク    job, employment, post, occupation   
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ジ   みみ ear   
potter's clay   
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tasseled spear
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
バイ   か to buy   
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net
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
イ    (prefix) or   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
使
シ   つか to use   
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リ    official   
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シ    history   
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crossed swords
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
カイ   こわ to break, smash   こわれる to break, fall apart   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イ   ころも clothes   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   かえる to replace, to substitute   
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カン brilliant, clear, bright   
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corner
net
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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hand
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