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じょうし
上司
わたし
かいぎ
会議
ちこく
遅刻
した
こと
ゆる
してくれなかった

My boss didn't excuse me for coming late to the meeting.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
superior authorities; boss  (see also: 部下, 目上)
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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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1 3
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention; congress
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0
lateness; late coming  (see also: 遅れる)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to permit; to allow; to approve; to tolerate
2. to exempt (from fine); to excuse (from); to pardon; to forgive; to release; to let off
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Kanji
ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
シ    administer   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ギ    deliberation   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ギ    honour   
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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
チ   おそ late   おくれる to be late   おくらす to make late   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
corpse
move
コク   chisel; time   きざ to chisel, engrave   
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sign of the hog; hog   い sign of the hog   いのしし hog   
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short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
lid
トウ   かたな sword   
キョ   ゆる to permit, allow, forgive   
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ゴ    noon   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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