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しょくん
諸君
まず
まな
ばなければならない
こと
じぶん
自分
じしん
自身
かんが
によって
じりつ
自立
する
ことである
The first thing you must learn is to stand on your own ideas.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
Gentlemen!; Ladies!
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1
1. first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now  (often written with kana only)
2. hardly (with neg. verb)
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0 2
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
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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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0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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1
noun
by oneself; personally
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3
noun
1. thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept
2. idea; notion; imagination
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expression
according to; by (means of); due to; because of  (often written with kana only)
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0
independence; self-reliance
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
ショ    various   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
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   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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クン   きみ you   
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slashed yo
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
シン   み body, person   
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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reach
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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