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ことし
今年
たいしょく
退職
けん
あった
We've had four retirements this year.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
this year
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0
retirement (from office); resignation
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1
noun, counter
matter; case; item; affair; subject
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
コン   キン   いま now   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
katakana fu   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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good
move
ショク    job, employment, post, occupation   
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ジ   みみ ear   
potter's clay   
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tasseled spear
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
ケン    affair, matter   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ギュウ   うし cow   
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