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わたし
ふしょう
不肖
ながら
せいいっぱい
精一杯
つと
めさせていただきます

Incompetent as I am, I will try my very best to do this job.
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Words
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
1. unworthiness (of one's father, teacher, etc.)
2. incompetence; foolishness
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particle
1. while; during; as  (often written with kana only)
2. while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding  (see also: 我ながら; often written with kana only)
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3 1 1-0
noun
1. the best one can do; one's best effort
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
2. with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)  (usu. 勤める)
2. to serve (as); to act (as); to fill (the position of); to play the role (of)  (usu. 務める)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
フ   ブ    not   
ショウ    resemble   
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small
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
セイ   ショウ    vitality, spirit, energy; essence   
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セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ハイ   さかずき cup, goblet   
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ム   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ぼく strike   
ム   ほこ halberd   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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katakana 'ma'
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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