Components

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わたし
その
ひっせき
筆跡
はんどく
判読
できなかった
I couldn't make out the writing.
Grammar and points of interest
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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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1. handwriting
noun
2. calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
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decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (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
ヒツ   ふで writing brush   
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bamboo
writing brush
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セキ   あと trace, tracks   
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また again; also   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
ハン   バン   seal
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ハン   なか half   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
eight
トウ   かたな sword   
ドク   トク   トウ   よ to read   
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バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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