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いぜん
以前
、
だんせい
男性
の
いくじきゅうか
育児休暇
は
よ
良
く
おも
思
われなかった
が、
げんざい
現在
は
すいしょう
推奨
される
ようになってきている。
In the past, paternity leave was frowned upon, but nowadays that is changing, and it should be recommended.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
い ぜ ん 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
ago; since; before; previous
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だ ん せ い 0
1. man; male
2. masculine gender  (linguistics terminology)
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い く じ き ゅ う か 4
noun
childcare leave; maternity leave; paternity leave
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Most common form: よく
1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully  (see also: 良い; often written with kana only)
2. frequently; often  (often written with kana only)
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お も う 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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げ ん ざ い 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
now; current; present; present time; as of
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す い し ょ う 0
recommendation; endorsement
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
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以
イ    (prefix) or   
前
ゼン   まえ before   
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男
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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性
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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児
ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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休
キュウ   やすむ to rest   やすまる to be rested   やすめる to suspend (use etc.)   
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暇
カ   ひま free time   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
思
シ   おもう to think   
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現
ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわす to show   
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在
ザイ   ある to exist   
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推
スイ   おす to infer, to deduce; to endorse   
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奨
ショウ    exhort   
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