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いそが
しい
からその
しごと
仕事
できないという
たん
なる
のが
じゃない
Saying you can't do the job because you're too busy is just a cop out.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
4
busy; hectic; occupied; engaged
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0
1. work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task
2. work  (physics terminology)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable  (often written with kana only)
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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1
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5
Most common form: 言逃れる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
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expression, 'i' adjective
1. is not; am not; are not  (from ではない)
2. isn't it?
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Kanji
ボウ   いそがしい busy   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
heart
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シ   samurai
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
タン    simple   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
small
デン   た rice field   
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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トウ   にげる    のがれる to escape   にがす    のが to free   
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チョウ   きざ sign, indication   きざ to show signs (of)   
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スイ   みず water   
legs
move
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