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たいしゅう
大衆
によって
おも
重
んじられている
ひと
人
が
かなら
必
ずしもそれを
う
受
けるに
た
足
る
ひと
人
とは
い
言
えない。
People who are made much of by the public are not always those who most deserve it.
Grammar and points of interest
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5
JLPT:
particle を
 
direct object marker
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4
JLPT:
verb passive form
 
is done
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3
JLPT:
によって, による
 
depending on, due to
必ずしも〜ない
 
not necessarily ~
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には, では, とは
 
emphasis
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5
JLPT:
verb て form + います／いる
 
'ing' - present continuous / progressive
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5
JLPT:
particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
Conjugations and inflections
  重んじられている is the progressive form of the passive form of ichidan verb 重んじる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  受ける is the plain form of ichidan verb 受ける   ALL INFLECTIONS
  足る is the plain form of 'ru' godan verb 足る   ALL INFLECTIONS
  言えない is the plain negative form of ichidan verb 言える   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
general public; the masses
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4
expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of  (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
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noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely  (used with neg. verb)
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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to receive; to get
2. to catch (e.g. a ball)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of
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4
to be possible to say; to be able to say  (see also: 言う; often as ...と言える)
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Kanji
大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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衆
シュウ   シュ    populace, multitude   
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血
ケツ   ち blood   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
K
皿
さら dish   
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乑
three men
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
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必
ヒツ   かならず certainly, invariably   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
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受
ジュ   うける to receive, to accept   うかる to pass (an exam)　   
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又
また again   
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冖
cover; covered   
⺤
つめ claw; fingernail   
足
ソク   あし foot; leg   たす to add   たる    たりる to be sufficient   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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Search results include information from a variety of sources, including Kanshudo (kanji mnemonics, kanji readings, kanji components, vocab and name frequency data, grammar points), JMdict (vocabulary), Tatoeba (examples), Enamdict (names), KanjiVG (kanji animations and stroke order), and Joy o' Kanji (kanji and radical synopses). Translations provided by Google's Neural Machine Translation engine. For more information see credits.
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