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かれ
こそ
てきざいてきしょ
適材適所
であること
わたし
あたま
かばなかった

It never occurred to me that he was the right man in the right place.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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particle
for sure (emphasize preceding word)
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5
expression, noun
the right person in the right place  (yojijukugo)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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3
noun
1. head
2. hair (on one's head)
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0
1. to float; to be suspended
2. to rise to surface
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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   
テキ    suitable   
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old trader
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ショウ   trader   あきな to trade, deal in   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
bright   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
move
ザイ    lumber   
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サイ    genius   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ショ   ところ place   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
コ   と door   
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corpse
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
トウ   ト   ズ   あたま    かしら head   
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ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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grass   
フ   うかぶ    う to float   うかべる to launch, to refloat, to waft   うかれる to frolic   
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nourishment   
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シ   ス   こ child   
claw
スイ   みず water   
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