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てき
ぼうぎょ
防御
きょうりょく
強力
だった
われわれ
我々
とっぱ
突破
しよ
こころ
みた

Though the enemy's defenses were strong, we tried to break through.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
Most common form: てき
noun
1. opponent; rival; adversary
2. menace; danger; threat; enemy
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1
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
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0
powerful; strong
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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0
Most common form: 我我
we
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0
breaking through; breakthrough; penetration
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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4
Most common form: 心見る
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
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Kanji
テキ   かたき enemy   
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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   
stick   
ぼく strike   
ボウ   ふせ to protect, to defend (against)   
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ホウ   かた way, direction   
hill   
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ゴ   ギョ   honorific prefix   おん-    
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step
おろ to sell wholesale   おろし wholesaling   
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ゴ    noon   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
seal
キョウ   ゴウ   つよ strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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ム   private
チュウ   むし insect   
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dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
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トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
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   
ハ   やぶ to tear, break   やぶれる to get torn, broken   
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セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
シ   ため to test   こころみる to attempt   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シキ    ceremony, method, style   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
shoot
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