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じんせい
人生
かえ
ってみる
わたし
いかに
おお
じかん
時間
ろうひ
浪費
した
わかる
When I look back on my life, I realize how much time I wasted.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
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3
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
2. to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)
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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
1. how; in what way  (often written with kana only)
2. however much; however (e.g. easy, rich, sad); whatever; how much  (often written with kana only)
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1
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
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0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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0
waste; extravagance
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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   
シン   ふ    ふれる to wield, swing, wave   ふるう to wield, swing; prosper   
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シン   たつ dragon; 7-9 am   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
cliff
hand
ヘン   かえ to return, to come back   かえ to return (something)   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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また again   
move
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
タ   おお many   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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モン   かど gate   
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ロウ    wandering   
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リョウ   よ good   
スイ   みず water   
ヒ   ついやす to spend   ついえる to be wasted   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
dollar; fluorine   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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