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わか
もの
じぶん
自分
のぞ
ような
しごと
仕事
つけないというただそれだけ
りゆう
理由
ぶらぶらしているすればそれみっともないだろう
It would be a shame for a young man to be at loose ends just because he can't get the kind of job he wants.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
1. young; youthful
2. immature; green
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2
Most common form: もの
noun
person  (rarely used without a qualifier)
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0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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0 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to desire
2. to wish for; to expect
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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0
Most common form: 漬ける
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to soak; to seep; to dip in
2. to pickle  (this meaning is restricted to form 漬ける, つける)
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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1
1. ordinary; common; usual  (often written with kana only)
2. free of charge  (only 只; often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: それだけ
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
reason; pretext; motive
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1
1. dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. strolling; rambling; roaming; wandering  (esp. ぶらぶらと散歩; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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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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1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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5
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper  (often written with kana only)
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expression
1. seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope  (see also: でしょう)
2. don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
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Kanji
ジャク   ニャク   わか young   もしくは or   
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ウ   ユウ   みぎ right   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
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
ボウ   モウ   のぞ to wish for   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
リ    logic   
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リ   さと village   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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