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わたし
たち
がいこくご
外国語
マスターする
なが
じかん
時間
かかる
It takes us a long time to master a foreign language.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
we; us
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0
noun
foreign language
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1
1. to master; to learn
noun
2. proprietor; manager; bar-owner
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2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)  (see also: 時間がかかる; often written with kana only)
2. to hang  (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
ガイ   ゲ   そと outside   ほか other   はず to remove, mislead   はずれる to come off, to miss   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
divining rod
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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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   
dot   
box, enclosure   
ゴ   かた to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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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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ゴ   いつ-    いつ five   
チョウ   なが long   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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モン   かど gate   
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