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かれ
おし
える
こと
かれ
てんしょく
天職
であること
づいた

He found that teaching was his calling.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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1
noun
1. vocation; lifework; calling
2. sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise
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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   
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
ぼく strike   
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ショク    job, employment, post, occupation   
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ジ   みみ ear   
potter's clay   
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tasseled spear
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
second   おつ    
crossed swords
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