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わたし
のぞ
んでいた
ちい
地位
れる
ことできなかった
I failed to get the position I wanted.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to desire
2. to wish for; to expect
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1
noun
(social) position; status
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1
noun
1. hand; arm  (see also: お手:おて; occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
2. forepaw; foreleg  (see also: お手:おて; colloquialism)
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
2. to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
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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
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
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   
チ   ジ    ground   
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ヤ   to be
イ   くらい rank   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
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