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わたし
のぞ
んでいた
ちい
地位
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
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to get; to earn; to acquire; to procure; to gain; to secure; to attain; to obtain; to win  (獲る esp. refers to catching wild game, etc.)
2. to understand; to comprehend
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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   
トク    profit   え    う to acquire   
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step
an inch at dawn
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スン   inch
タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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