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ぼうりょくだん
暴力団
みは
見張
きけん
危険
ぼうけん
冒険
だった
Spying on gangsters was a dangerous venture.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
4
noun
gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza (Japanese mafia); band of thugs; group of hoodlums
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out  (this meaning is restricted to form 見張る, 見はる, みはる)
2. to open one's eyes wide  (see also: 目を見張る)
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1. danger; peril; hazard  (opposite: 安全)
2. risk
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risk; venture; adventure
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
ボウ   バク   violent   あばれる to get violent   あば to expose, disclose   
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スイ   みず water   
キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ダン   トン    group   
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box, enclosure   
スン   inch
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
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
キ   あぶない dangerous   あやぶむ to be apprehensive of   あやうく barely, narrowly; almost   
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ヤク    unlucky   
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seal
cliff
corner
ケン   けわしい steep   
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ケン    unanimous   
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オウ    centre   
assembly, gathering   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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ボウ   おか to brave, risk   
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