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その
しょうたい
小隊
てき
ぜんめつ
全滅
した

An enemy ambush wiped out the platoon.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
0
noun
platoon
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3
Most common form: てき
noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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Most common form: 待伏せ
noun, 'suru' verb, transitive verb
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush  (see also: 待ち伏せる)
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annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
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Kanji
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
タイ    squad, unit   
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eight pigs
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eight
pig
hill   
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テキ   かたき enemy   
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old trader
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ショウ   trader   あきな to trade, deal in   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
bright   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ぼく strike   
タイ   ま to wait   
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step
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
フク   ふ to prostrate onself   ふせる lay (face) down   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ゼン   まった entirely   すべ everything   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
オウ    king   
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メツ   ほろぼす to destroy   ほろびる to be destroyed   
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スイ   みず water   
fire dog
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カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
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