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わたし
かれ
めん
かって
おくびょうもの
臆病者
いってやった
I called him a coward to his face.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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pronoun
1. he; him
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noun
1. face
2. mask; face guard
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Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face
2. to go towards; to head towards
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noun
coward
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Most common form: 言う
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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wide mouth
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wide
オク    timid   
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ニク body part   
イ    idea   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
シン   こころ heart   
ヘイ   ビョウ   やまい illness   や to fall ill   
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ヘイ    #3, 3rd   
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ナイ   ダイ   うち inside   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ill; illness
シャ   もの person, someone   
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