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わたし
私
は
そつぎょう
卒業
して
からはじめて
べんきょう
勉強
の
じゅうよう
重要
さ
が
わか
解
った
。
It was not until I left school that I realized the importance of study.
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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そ つ ぎ ょ う 0
1. graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
2. outgrowing something; moving on  (colloquialism)
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は じ め て 2
Most common form: 初めて
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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べ ん き ょ う 0
1. study
2. diligence
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じ ゅ う よ う 0
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
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わ か る 2
Most common form: わかる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow  (often written with kana only)
2. to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out  (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
卒
ソツ    graduate, soldier   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
亠
lid
業
ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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业
almost lined up
䒑
grass   
未
ミ    not yet   
勉
ベン    exertion   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
免
メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺈
corner
儿
legs
強
キョウ   ゴウ   つよい strong   つよまる to get stronger   つよめる to strengthen   しいる to compel, to force   
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虫
チュウ   むし insect   
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丶
dot   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
要
ヨウ   いる to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
覀
west
解
カイ   ゲ   とく to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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角
カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
牛
ギュウ   うし cow   
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