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いっとき
一時
よく
おさ
えて
こっき
克己
して
やるべきこと
ゆうせん
優先
しましょう

Hold back momentary desires, use self-control, and prioritize what needs to be done.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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Most common form: ひととき
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. moment; a (short) time; a while  (often written with kana only)
2. former times  (often written with kana only; this meaning is restricted to reading ひととき)
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2
noun
greed; craving; desire; avarice; wants
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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb  (esp. 押さえる)
2. to seize; to grasp; to arrest  (esp. 押さえる)
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1
self denial; self control
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noun
things that need to be done
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preference; priority; precedence
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Kanji
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
ヨク   ほしい want   ほっする to want   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
コク   たに valley   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ヨク   おさえる to suppress, to control   
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high-priced, lofty   
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side open box
seal
hand
コク    overcome   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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legs
コ   キ   おのれ self   
ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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ユウ   うれえる to grieve, to be distressed   うれ sorrow   う unhappy   
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シン   こころ heart   
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
go
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
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