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しんがく
進学
する
か、
しゅうしょく
就職
する
か、
かいがいふにん
海外赴任
が
き
決
まった
かれ
彼
と
けっこん
結婚
する
か、
わたし
私
は
いま
今
が
じんせい
人生
の
ぶんきてん
分岐点
だ。
Whether to go on to higher education, get a job, or marry him since he has been assigned to an overseas post―I'm now at a crossroads in my life.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
し ん が く 0
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
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し ゅ う し ょ く 0
finding employment; getting a job
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noun
overseas posting
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き ま る 0
Most common form: 極る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be decided; to be settled
2. to look good in (clothes)
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か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
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け っ こ ん 0
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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い ま 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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じ ん せ い 1
noun
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
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ぶ ん き て ん 3
noun
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
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Kanji
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進
シン   すすむ to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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学
ガク   まなぶ to learn   
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就
シュウ   ジュ   employed   つく to be employed, take (a seat)   つける to employ   
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職
ショク    job, employment, post, occupation   
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海
カイ   うみ ocean   
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外
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はずす to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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赴
フ   おもむく to proceed towards, to go, to become   
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任
ニン    responsibility   まかす    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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決
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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結
ケツ   むすぶ    ゆわえる to bind   ゆう to braid   
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婚
コン    marriage   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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今
コン   キン   いま now   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
分
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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岐
キ   ギ    to branch off, fork   
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点
テン    spot, point   
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