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あいて
相手
おんな
おも
って
たか
くく
っていたら
けた

She beat me. I had underestimated the power of a woman.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
3
noun
1. companion; partner; company
2. other party; addressee
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1 0
noun, noun (prefix)
1. female; woman; female sex  (see also: ; can be blunt when used alone)
noun
2. female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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0
expression, 'ru' godan verb
to underrate; to make light of
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lose; to be defeated
2. to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield  (this meaning is restricted to form 負ける)
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Kanji
ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
カツ    fasten   
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hand
ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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フ   まかす to defeat   まける to be defeated   お to carry (on one's back)   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
corner
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