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ながねん
長年
いていた
ゆめ
かなら
ずしも
かな
かぎ
らない

Long cherished dreams don't always come true.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long time; many years
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'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
2. to harbour (e.g. grudge); to harbor; to bear; to have (e.g. ambition); to entertain (e.g. hope, suspicion)  (this meaning is restricted to reading いだく)
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noun
dream
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not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely  (used with neg. verb)
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Most common form: かなう
1. to come true (wish)  (esp. 叶う; often written with kana only)
2. to be suited  (see also: 道理に適う; often written with kana only)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to restrict; to limit; to confine
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
2. to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
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Kanji
チョウ   なが long   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ホウ   だ    いだ to hug   かかえる to carry, to hold (an object, a burden)   
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ホウ   つつ to wrap   
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wrap
コ   キ   おのれ self   
hand
ム   ゆめ dream   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
cover; covered   
net
grass   
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
かな to come true   かなえる to grant   
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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   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   かぎ to limit, restrict   
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good
hill   
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