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さいしょ
最初
ひとびと
人々
マザー・テレサ
はんたい
反対
していた
かのじょ
彼女
けっ
して
あきらめなかった
People were against Mother Teresa at first, but she never gave up.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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Most common form: はんたい
1. opposition; resistance; antagonism; hostility; objection; dissension
2. reverse; opposite; vice versa; contrast
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pronoun
1. she; her
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never; by no means; not in the least; in no way  (with neg. verb)
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Most common form: 諦める
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
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Kanji
サイ   もっと most   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
(kanji repetition symbol)   
なかぐろ middle dot   
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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cliff
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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スン   inch
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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スイ   みず water   
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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