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かれ
彼
の
むち
無知
が
われわれ
我々
の
しんぽ
進歩
を
さまた
妨
げた。
His ignorance hindered our progress.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼の無知が我々の進歩を妨げた。
Conjugations and inflections
  妨げた is the past form of ichidan verb 妨げる   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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む ち 1
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
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わ れ わ れ 0
Most common form: 我我
we
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し ん ぽ 1
progress; advance; improvement; development  (opposite: 退歩)
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さ ま た げ る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
無
ム   ブ   ない not   
知
チ   しる to know   
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矢
シ   や arrow   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
進
シン   すすむ to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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隹
little bird
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⻌
move
歩
ホ   フ   ブ   あるく    あゆむ to walk   
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少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
妨
ボウ   さまたげる to disturb, to hamper   
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方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
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