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わたし
きのう
昨日
べんきょう
勉強
する
ひつよう
必要
かった

I didn't have to study yesterday.
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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2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
yesterday
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0
1. study
2. diligence
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0
1. necessary; needed; essential; indispensable  (必用 can imply has to be used rather than is just needed)
noun
2. necessity; need; requirement
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1
Most common form: ない
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
サク    yesterday   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
dot   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ヒツ   かなら certainly, invariably   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
シン   こころ heart   
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
ム   ブ   な not   
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