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わたし
ちちおや
父親
まず
しい
ひとびと
人々
けっ
して
けいべつ
軽蔑
しなかった

My father never looked down on the poor.
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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Most common form: ちちおや
noun
father
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3
1. poor; needy
2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
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2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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0 4
never; by no means; not in the least; in no way  (with neg. verb)
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scorn; disdain; contempt
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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stand in the tree
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
ヒン   ビン   まずしい poor   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
かい shellfish   
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(kanji repetition symbol)   
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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スイ   みず water   
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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ケイ   かる light   かろやか graceful   
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シャ   くるま car   
ground again
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
また again   
ベツ    contempt   さげす to scorn, to despise   
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いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
net
grass   
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