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こじ
孤児
であったので
ちち
じゅう
10
さい
から
かね
かせ
ぎはじめねばならなかった

Being an orphan, my father had to start earning money at ten.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
Most common form: みなしご
orphan
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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1 2
noun
father  (see also: ; とと and ちゃん are used by children; humble)
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1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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0
noun
money  (see also: ; polite (teineigo) language)
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2
'gu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to earn income; to labor; to labour
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Kanji
コ    alone   
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child   
カ   うり melon   
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ム   private
つめ    つま- claw; fingernail   
ジ   ニ    newborn babe   
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キュウ    former, old   
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stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
legs
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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number 5, 5th   
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tasseled spear
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カ   かせ to work, earn a living   
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grain
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
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