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きょう
今日
おお
ひとびと
人々
きょだい
巨大
げんだい
現代
しゃかい
社会
において
じゅうよう
重要
こと
こじん
個人
できること
なに
ないという
きも
気持
いだいているように
おも
われる

Many men nowadays seem to have the feeling that in vast modern societies there is nothing of importance that the individual can do.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. today; this day
2. these days; recently; nowadays  (this meaning is restricted to reading こんにち)
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1
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
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2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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0
huge; gigantic; enormous
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1
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day
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1
noun
1. society; public; community; the world
2. social studies  (see also: 社会科; abbreviation)
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expression
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding  (often written with kana only)
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0
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
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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
individual; private person; personal; private
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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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1
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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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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0
noun
1. feeling; sensation; mood
2. preparedness; readiness; attitude
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1
Most common form: 抱く
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
2. to harbour (e.g. grudge); to harbor; to bear; to have (e.g. ambition); to entertain (e.g. hope, suspicion)  (this meaning is restricted to reading いだく)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
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コン   キン   いま now   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
タ   おお many   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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キョ    huge   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ゲン    present   あらわれる to appear   あらわ to show   
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タイ   ダイ   かえる to replace, to exchange   かわる to be exchanged   よ the world   しろ substitute   
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シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
ヨウ   い to need   かなめ pivotal point   
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コ    individual   
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カ   なに    なん what?   
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キ   ケ    spirit   
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ジ   も to hold, to have   
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シ   おも to think   
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