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いた
わない
からない
ようだ
It seems like he doesn't understand (the danger) unless he gets hurt.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
Most common form: 痛い目にあう
expression, 'u' godan verb
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain  (see also: 痛い目, ひどい目にあう)
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2
Most common form: わかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (often written with kana only)
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auxiliary
1. (usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be  (often written with kana only)
2. like; similar to  (see also: ような)
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Kanji
ツウ   いた painful   いた to hurt, be painful   いためる to hurt, damage   
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ill; illness
use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
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