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わたし
私
は
ゆうじん
友人
に
けっこん
結婚
をやめるよう
せっとく
説得
しよ
うとした。
I tried to talk a friend of mine out of getting married.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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ゆ う じ ん 0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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け っ こ ん 0
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to end; to quit  (often written with kana only)
2. to cancel; to abandon; to give up; to abolish; to abstain; to refrain  (often written with kana only)
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よ う 1
Most common form: 用
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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せ っ と く 0
persuasion
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う
auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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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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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
友
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
又
また again   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
結
ケツ   むすぶ    ゆわえる to bind   ゆう to braid   
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吉
キツ   キチ    good luck   
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士
シ   samurai
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
婚
コン    marriage   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
昏
コン   くらい dark   
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氏
シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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儿
legs
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
得
トク    profit   える    うる to acquire   
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彳
step
㝵
an inch at dawn
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寸
スン   inch
旦
タン   ダン    dawn   
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