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わたし
その
しごと
仕事
じたい
辞退
しなければならない
なぜならそれに
わたし
えられない
からです
I must excuse myself from the task, because I am unequal to it.
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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1
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself
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1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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1
auxiliary
1. if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that  (hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle)
2. as for; on the topic of  (this meaning is restricted to reading なら)
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0 3
conjunction
besides; in addition; also; moreover  (often written with kana only)
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3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb, transitive verb
1. to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
2. to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave
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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   
ジ   やめる quit   
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シン   から spicy   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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good
move
タイ   たえる to endure, bear   
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ジ   しか and then, moreover   
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スン   inch
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