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かれ
彼
の
じぎょう
事業
は
ぶぶんてき
部分的
な
せいこう
成功
をおさめたにすぎなかった。
His business was only a partial success.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼の事業は部分的な成功をおさめたにすぎなかった。
〜的 (てき) 〜的 (てき)
 
turns a noun into an adjective
彼の事業は部分的な成功をおさめたにすぎなかった。
にすぎない にすぎない
 
merely; only; nothing but; no more than
彼の事業は部分的な成功をおさめたにすぎなかった。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼の事業は部分的な成功をおさめたにすぎなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  おさめた is the past form of ichidan verb おさめる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  すぎなかった is the past negative form of ichidan verb すぎる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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じ ぎ ょ う 1
noun
1. project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service
2. act; deed; conduct  (see also: 仕業; this meaning is restricted to reading ことわざ)
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ぶ ぶ ん て き 0
partial
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せ い こ う 0
success; hit
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お さ め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to govern; to manage
2. to subdue
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す ぎ る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
2. to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
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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   
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
業
ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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业
almost lined up
䒑
grass   
未
ミ    not yet   
部
ブ   part
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咅
standing mouths
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⻏
おおざと group, community, large village   
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分
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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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
的
テキ   まと target   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
勺
シャク   ladle
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勹
wrap
丶
dot   
成
セイ   ジョウ   なる to become   なす to perform, to accomplish   
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戈
tasseled spear
功
ク   コウ    achievement   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
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