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かれ
いっか
一家
せんご
戦後
ひどく
つら
った

His family had a terribly hard time after the war.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
noun
a house; a home; a family; a household; one's family; one's folks; a style
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0 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
postwar period; period after Second World War
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2
1. cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe  (often written with kana only)
2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme  (often written with kana only)
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Most common form: 辛い目に合う
expression, 'u' godan verb
to have a hard time of it
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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   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
セン   いくさ battle, war   たたか to do battle   
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タン    simple   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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small
デン   た rice field   
tasseled spear
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
go
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シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ソウ   あ to meet (often with negative nuance); to encounter   
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ソウ    cadet   
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キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
move
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