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かれ
30
さい
なる
まえ
はかせごう
博士号
とる
けっしん
決心
している
He's bent on having a doctor's degree before he's thirty.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), suffix
1. ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour)  (see also: )
2. in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
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3
noun
doctor's degree; doctorate; PhD
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1
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose
2. to steal  (see also: 盗る)
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1 3
determination; resolution
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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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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
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   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
ハク   バク   doctor
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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セン   specialist; expert   もっぱ entirely, wholely   
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スン   inch
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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シ   samurai
ゴウ    nickname   
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reach
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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スイ   みず water   
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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シン   こころ heart   
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