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かれ
じぶん
自分
オフィス
はたら
いている
ひと
いば
威張
らそ
したうまくいかなかった
He tried unsuccessfully to domineer over his office workers.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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1
noun
office
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0
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to work; to labor; to labour
2. to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
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0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy; to be pushy; to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to swagger; to boast; to brag
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0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to scatter; to cause a shower of
2. to disperse; to distribute; to spread
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: 甘い
1. skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful  (esp. 上手い,巧い; often written with kana only)
2. delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty  (esp. 美味い,甘い; often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 行く
irregular godan verb 'iku/yuku', intransitive verb
1. to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach  (see also: 来る:くる)
2. to proceed; to take place  (see also: 旨く行く; い sometimes omitted in auxiliary use)
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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   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ドウ   はたら to work   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
イ    intimidating   
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いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
サン   ちらす to scatter, to distribute   ちらかす to scatter around   ちらかる to be in disorder   ち to fall (leaves etc)   
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ぼく strike   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
キョウ   とも together   
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