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いい
かんとく
監督
さが
さん
3
ねん
つい
やした
つからなかった

I spent three years looking for a good director, but couldn't find one.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (see also: 良い)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared  (see also: 良い)
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0
1. supervision; control; superintendence; direction
noun
2. director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss
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0 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to search (for something desired, needed); to look for  (esp. 探す)
2. to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)  (esp. 捜す)
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to spend; to expend; to consume
2. to waste; to squander; to throw away
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be found; to be discovered
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Kanji
カン    keep watch, oversee   
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シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さら dish   
トク    coach   
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シュク    uncle   
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また again   
younger brother
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
タン   さぐ to grope for   さが to search for   
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hand
net in the tree
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net
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ネン   とし year   
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wheel around
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ヒ   ついやす to spend   ついえる to be wasted   
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かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
dollar; fluorine   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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legs
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