Components

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なぜ
まれ
いじ
維持
せざるを
なかった

Why was it necessary for (the supreme command authority) to be created and maintained?
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be born
2. to be produced
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1
maintenance; preservation; improvement
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Most common form: せざるはえない
expression, 'i' adjective
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do  (see also: ざる)
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Kanji
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   
イ    fiber, rope   
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little bird
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シ   いと thread   
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
トク    profit   え    う to acquire   
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step
an inch at dawn
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タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
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