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かれ
彼
の
しごと
仕事
はまずまずの
でき
出来
だが、とても
ゆうしゅう
優秀
とは
い
言
えなかった。
His work was acceptable, but far from excellent.
Grammar and points of interest
とは言え／とはいえ とは言え／とはいえ
 
even so, that said, be that as it may
彼の仕事はまずまずの出来だが、とても優秀とは言えなかった。
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
彼の仕事はまずまずの出来だが、とても優秀とは言えなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  言えなかった is the past negative form of ichidan verb 言える   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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し ご と 0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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ま ず ま ず 1
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so  (see also: まあまあ; often written with kana only)
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で き 0
Most common form: でき
noun
1. workmanship; craftsmanship; execution; finish
2. grades; results; score; record
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と て も 0 と て も 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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ゆ う し ゅ う 0
superiority; excellence
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い え る 0
to be possible to say; to be able to say  (see also: 言う; often as ...と言える)
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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   
仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
士
シ   samurai
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
出
シュツ   スイ   だす to take out, to put out   でる to go out, to exit   
来
ライ   くる to come   きたる to be forthcoming   きたす to induce   
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丷
eight
未
ミ    not yet   
優
ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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憂
ユウ   うれえる to grieve, to be distressed   うれい sorrow   うい unhappy   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
夏
カ   ゲ   なつ summer   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
夂
go
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秀
シュウ    excellent   ひいでる to surpass   
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乃
ノ    whereupon; from (kana); splitting away from   
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ㄋ
three
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
禾
grain
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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