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わたし
ぎちょう
議長
せんしゅつ
選出
されました
こと
たいへん
大変
めいよ
名誉
であります
It is a great honor for me to have been elected chairman.
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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1
noun
chairman; speaker (e.g. of assembly); president (e.g. of council, senate, etc.); moderator (e.g. of a newsgroup)
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0
Most common form: せんしゅつ
election; selection; choice
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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1. very; greatly
2. immense; enormous; great
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1
honor; honour; credit; prestige
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ギ    deliberation   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ギ    honour   
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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
チョウ   なが long   
セン   えら choose   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
katakana 'ha'; eight
move
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ヘン   unusual   かえる to alter, change   かわる to change   
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go
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また again; also   
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セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
メイ   ミョウ   な name   
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セキ   ゆう night   
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katakana 'ta'
ヨ   ほま glory, honour   
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thrive, prosper   
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small
table
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