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じだい
時代
へんか
変化
いつけず
その
かうん
家運
かたむ
いてしまった

Unable to keep up with the changing times, the family saw its fortunes decline.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), noun
1. period; epoch; era; age
2. the times; those days
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1. change; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; transformation; transfiguration; metamorphosis
2. variety; diversity
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to overtake; to catch up (with)
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Most common form: 家運が傾く
noun
for a family's fortunes to decline
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Kanji
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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shoot
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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go
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また again; also   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
カ   ケ   ばける to change   
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さじ spoon   
ツイ   お to pursue   
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two mouths
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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move
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
ウン   carry; luck   はこ to carry   
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グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
ケイ   かたむ    かたむける to tilt, to incline, to lean   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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