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しょうぐん
将軍
けっきょく
結局
ところ
はいぼく
敗北
みと
めた
よそう
予想
しなかったことである
The general had 20/20 hindsight about the defeat, but no foresight at all.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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noun
general; shogun
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. after all; eventually; in the end
2. conclusion; end  (see also: 結局のところ)
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Most common form:
noun, suffix
1. place; spot; scene; site  (also pronounced どころ when a suffix)
2. address  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. defeat
'suru' verb, intransitive verb
2. to be defeated
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice
2. to deem; to judge; to assess
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expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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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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be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
ショウ    commander; soon   
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つめ claw; fingernail   
スン   inch
left side   じょう    しょう    
グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
ケツ   むす    ゆわえる to bind   ゆ to braid   
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キツ   キチ    good luck   
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シ   samurai
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シ   いと thread   
キョク    office   
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corpse
partly wrapped
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wrap
ハイ   defeated   やぶれる to be defeated, frustrated   
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ぼく strike   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ホク   きた north   
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さじ spoon   
ニン   みとめる to recognize, to perceive, to approve of   
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ニン   しの to endure; lie hidden   しのばせる to conceal   
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ジン   は blade   
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dot   
トウ   かたな sword   
シン   こころ heart   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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katakana 'ma'
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
ソウ   ソ    idea, thought   
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ソウ   ショウ    minister   あい- mutual   
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モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
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