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かれ
ぜんあく
善悪
もんだい
問題
について
ちんしもっこう
沈思黙考
した

He meditated on the problem of good and evil.
Grammar and points of interest
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Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
noun
good and evil
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0
noun
1. question (e.g. on a test); problem
2. problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter
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expression
1. about; concerning; regarding  (see also: につきまして; often written with kana only)
2. per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every  (often written with kana only)
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1
expression
being lost in deep thought  (yojijukugo)
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ゼン   virtuous   よ virtous, good   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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アク   オ   わる bad   
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シン   こころ heart   
ア    Asia; rank next   
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west
モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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モン   かど gate   
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ダイ    topic   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ゼ    just so, correctness, justice, right   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
チン   しず to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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lame   
スイ   みず water   
シ   おも to think   
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デン   た rice field   
モク   silent   だま to remain silent   
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リ   さと village   
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   
fire
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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reach
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