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ちゅうごくご
中国語
つづ
けておけば
よかった
こん
しごと
仕事
ひつよう
必要

I wish I'd kept up my Chinese. I need it for my job.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
Chinese (language)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb, auxiliary verb
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
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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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prefix
1. the current ...; this
2. today's ...
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1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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Kanji
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
box, enclosure   
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
ゾク   つづ to continue   つづける to carry on with   
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シ   いと thread   
バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
west
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