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わたし
しょうしん
昇進
かけて
かれ
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
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
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
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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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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
1. competition; contest
2. to compete
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ショウ   のぼ to climb   
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ます a measure (of a drink)   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
twenty; two hands   
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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   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シン   すす to advance   すすめる to promote, push   
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little bird
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move
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
キョウ   ケイ   きそ    せ to compete   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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legs
ソウ   あらそ to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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corner
slashed yo
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yo; yell
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