Components

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きみ
どうじょう
同情
しない
わない
わたし
たす
ける
こと
できない
It's not that I am unsympathetic, but I am not able to help you.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
1. you; buddy; pal  (also used colloquially by young females; male term or language; familiar language)
noun
2. monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master  (orig. meaning)
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0
sympathy; compassion; sympathize; sympathise; pity; feel for
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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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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3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to save; to rescue
2. to help; to assist
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2
Most common form: こと
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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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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Kanji
クン   きみ you   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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slashed yo
ドウ   おな same   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide mouth
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wide
ジョウ   セイ   なさ emotion; circumstances   
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heart
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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and another, moreover   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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