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かのじょ
彼女
このまま
しごと
仕事
つづ
ける
かぎょう
家業
という
きろ
岐路
たされている

She is forced to be at a crossroads, having to decide whether to continue her current job or take over the family business.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
pronoun
1. she; her
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4
expression
as (it) is  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
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'gu' godan verb, expression
to take over the family business
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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1
noun
forked road; crossroads
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1
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stand; to rise; to stand up  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
2. to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)  (this meaning is restricted to form 立つ, たつ)
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Kanji
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ゾク   つづ to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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ケイ   つ to follow, succeed to, inherit   
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キ   ギ    to branch off, fork   
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ロ   -じ street   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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