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わたし
私
は
しょうしん
昇進
をかけて
かれ
彼
と
きょうそう
競争
しなければならなかった
。
I had to compete with him for promotion.
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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し ょ う し ん 0
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
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か け る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to hang (e.g. picture); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag)  (see also: 壁にかける; often written with kana only)
2. to sit  (see also: 腰を掛ける; often written with kana only)
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か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
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き ょ う そ う 0
1. competition; contest
2. to compete
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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
昇
ショウ   のぼる to climb   
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升
ます a measure (of a drink)   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
廾
twenty; two hands   
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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   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
進
シン   すすむ to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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隹
little bird
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⻌
move
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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厂
cliff
又
また again   
競
キョウ   ケイ   きそう    せる to compete   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
争
ソウ   あらそう to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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⺈
corner
肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
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