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わたし
しごと
仕事
ちゅうどくしゃ
中毒者
にほんじん
日本人
だけ
おも
っていました

I thought only Japanese were workaholics.
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
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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4
noun
addict; junkie; substance abuser
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4
noun
Japanese person; Japanese people
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ドク    poison   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ボ   はは mother   
シャ   もの person, someone   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
old
ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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