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かれ
ことし
今年
だいがく
大学
そつぎょう
卒業
できなかった
わら
ごと
ない
It is no laughing matter that he couldn't graduate from university this year.
Grammar and points of interest
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this year
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0
noun
1. post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.  (see also: 総合大学)
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)  (see also: 大学寮, 国学; abbreviation)
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0
1. graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
2. outgrowing something; moving on  (colloquialism)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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0 5
noun
laughing matter
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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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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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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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ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
ソツ    graduate, soldier   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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lid
ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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almost lined up
grass   
ミ    not yet   
ショウ   わら to laugh   え to smile   
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bamboo
calamity   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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