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いい
かんとく
監督
を
さが
探
す
のに
さん
3
ねん
年
つい
費
やした
が、
み
見
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
い い 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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か ん と く 0
1. supervision; control; superintendence; direction
noun
2. director; superintendent; supervisor; coach; foreman; manager; overseer; controller; boss
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さ が す 0 さ が す 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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ね ん 1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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つ い や す 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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み つ か る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be found; to be discovered
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Kanji
監
カン    keep watch, oversee   
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臣
シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
皿
さら dish   
督
トク    coach   
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叔
シュク    uncle   
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又
また again   
尗
younger brother
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上
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   のぼる to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼす to bring up   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
探
タン   さぐる to grope for   さがす to search for   
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扌
hand
罙
net in the tree
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㓁
net
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ヰ
wheel around
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費
ヒ   ついやす to spend   ついえる to be wasted   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
弗
dollar; fluorine   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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儿
legs
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