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せんせい
先生
とても
ねっしん
熱心
べんきょう
勉強
している
わたし
めてくれた

The teacher praised me for working very hard.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
noun
1. teacher; master; doctor  (honorific)
suffix
2. with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific  (honorific)
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0 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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1
zeal; enthusiasm
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0
1. study
2. diligence
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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2
Most common form: 褒める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to praise; to admire; to speak well of someone
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Kanji
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ネツ   あつ hot   
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fire
get round the ground ahead
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ガン   round; circle   まる round, circular   
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
dot   
ground ahead
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セン   さき ahead   
シン   こころ heart   
ベン    exertion   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corner
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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grain
ヨ   ほま glory, honour   
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thrive, prosper   
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small
table
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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