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わたし
私
たちは
かこ
過去
を
こうかい
後悔
しがちである。
We are given to regretting our past.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
私たちは過去を後悔しがちである。
〜がち 〜がち
 
apt to do; lots of
私たちは過去を後悔しがちである。
後（あと、のち、うしろ、ご） 後（あと、のち、うしろ、ご）
 
after and behind
私たちは過去を後悔しがちである。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
私たちは過去を後悔しがちである。
Conjugations and inflections
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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か こ 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. the past; bygone days; the previous
2. a past (i.e. a personal history one would prefer remained secret); one's past
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こ う か い 1
regret; repentance; remorse
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
過
カ   あやまち mistake   あやまつ to slip up   すぎる to overdo, be more than   すごす to pass, spend   
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咼
gossip; dishonest   
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冋
wide mouth
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冂
wide
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⻌
move
去
キョ   コ   さる leave   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
後
ゴ   コウ   のち    あと afterwards   うしろ behind   おくれる be late   
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幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
彳
step
夂
go
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悔
カイ   くいる    くやむ to regret   くやしい vexing, disappointing   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
忄
heart
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