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わたし
しばしば
ぜつぼうかん
絶望感
おそ
われた

I was often seized by despair.
Grammar and points of interest
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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Most common form:
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly  (see also: 度々; often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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despair; hopelessness
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0 2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down
2. to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ゼツ   たえる to die out   たやす to eradicate   た to sever, to cut off   
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シ   いと thread   
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
corner
ボウ   モウ   のぞ to wish for   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カン    feelings   
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all, together, same   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シン   こころ heart   
シュウ   おそ to attack   
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リュウ   たつ dragon   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
イ   ころも clothes   
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