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せきにん
責任
わたし
おも
のしかかっている
The responsibility weighs on me.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
1. duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff)
2. liability; onus
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1. heavy; weighty; massive  (opposite: 軽い)
2. heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
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Most common form: 伸し掛かる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to lean on; to weigh on  (often written with kana only)
2. to bend over; to lean forward
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Kanji
セキ   せめる to torture; to blame, accuse   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ニン    responsibility   まか    まかせる to entrust (to)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニン    #9, 9th; burden   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シ   samurai
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
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