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しんがく
進学
する
しゅうしょく
就職
する
かいがいふにん
海外赴任
まった
かれ
けっこん
結婚
する
わたし
いま
じんせい
人生
ぶんきてん
分岐点

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
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entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
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finding employment; getting a job
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noun
overseas posting
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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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pronoun
1. he; him
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more
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noun
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
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noun
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
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Kanji
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シン   すす to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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ガク   まな to learn   
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シュウ   ジュ   employed   つ to be employed, take (a seat)   つける to employ   
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ショク    job, employment, post, occupation   
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カイ   うみ ocean   
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ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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フ   おもむ to proceed towards, to go, to become   
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ニン    responsibility   まか    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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ヒ   かれ he   
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ケツ   むす    ゆわえる to bind   ゆ to braid   
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コン    marriage   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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コン   キン   いま now   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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 to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
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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キ   ギ    to branch off, fork   
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テン    spot, point   
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