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かれ
かつて
せいぞん
生存
した
だれ
おと
らぬ
いじん
偉人
である
He is as great a man as ever lived.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
Most common form: 都て
1. once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-  (often written with kana only)
2. never yet; never before; first time; still not happened  (used with neg. verb; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
1. existence; being; survival
2. to exist; to live; to survive
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1
who
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0 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
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0
noun
great person
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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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   
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   
ソン   ゾン    suppose   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
シ   ス   こ child   
だれ who   
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little bird
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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レツ   inferior   おと to be inferior to   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
イ   えら illustrious, famous   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ    tanned leather   
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wheel around
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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