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かれ
じぎょう
事業
せいこう
成功
した
しょうさい
商才
あったからなく
うん
よかったからである
It is not because he had a faculty for business but because he was lucky that he succeeded in business.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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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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0
success; hit
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0
noun
business ability
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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1
Most common form: うん
noun
fortune; luck
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1
Most common form: 良い
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (also いい (all senses); often written with kana only)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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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   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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almost lined up
grass   
ミ    not yet   
セイ   ジョウ   な to become   な to perform, to accomplish   
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tasseled spear
wrap
ク   コウ    achievement   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
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
サイ    genius   
ウン   carry; luck   はこ to carry   
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グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
move
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