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わたし
そつぎょう
卒業
して
からはじめて
べんきょう
勉強
じゅうよう
重要
わか
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
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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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1. graduation; completion (e.g. of a course)
2. outgrowing something; moving on  (colloquialism)
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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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1. study
2. diligence
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important; momentous; essential; principal; major
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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
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ソツ    graduate, soldier   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
lid
ギョウ   ゴウ    profession, business, industry   わざ deed, act   
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almost lined up
grass   
ミ    not yet   
ベン    exertion   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
メン   まぬかれる to escape, be exempted from   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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corner
legs
キョウ   ゴウ   つよ 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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チュウ   むし insect   
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dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
west
カイ   ゲ   と to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
トウ   かたな sword   
ギュウ   うし cow   
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