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けいかん
警官
わたし
こと
しん
じてくれなかった
あらそ
って
むだ
おも
った

The policeman did not believe my story, and I thought it was no good arguing with him.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
police officer; policeman; constable  (see also: 警察官)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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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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3 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
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5
Most common form: 言争う
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to quarrel; to dispute
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0
Most common form: 無駄
futility; uselessness; pointlessness
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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
ケイ   admonish
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ケイ   うやま to respect, revere   
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grass   
ク    verse, phrase   
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wrap
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ぼく strike   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
カン    bureaucrat   
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two mouths
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roof   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
シン    trust, faith   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ソウ   あらそ to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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corner
slashed yo
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yo; yell
stick   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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