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せんちょう
船長
しず
んでいく
ふね
あと
にした
さいご
最後
ひと
であった
The captain was the last person to leave the sinking ship.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. ship's captain; skipper
2. length of a ship  (this meaning is restricted to reading せんちょう)
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0 3
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sink; to go under; to submerge
2. to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend
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1
noun
1. ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship  (舟 is often small and hand-propelled; this meaning is restricted to form 船, 舟, ふね)
2. tank; tub; vat; trough
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1. to leave behind
2. to put off; to postpone
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1
1. last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent
expression
2. no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences)  (after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga")
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0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
セン   ふね    ふな- ship   
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シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide
dot   
eight mouths
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ハチ   や    や    よう eight   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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チョウ   なが long   
チン   しず to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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lame   
スイ   みず water   
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うし behind   おくれる be late   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
step
go
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サイ   もっと most   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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