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へいし
兵士
じぶん
自分
いのち
ぎせい
犠牲
にして
ゆうじん
友人
すく
った

The soldier saved his friend at the cost of his own life.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
1
noun
soldier
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0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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1
noun
1. life; life force  (see also: 生命; sometimes written as 生命)
2. lifetime; lifespan
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make a sacrifice; sacrifice (someone or thing)
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0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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0 3
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
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Kanji
ヘイ   ヒョウ    soldier   
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キン   axe
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カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだ to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
cliff
table
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シ   samurai
ジ   シ   みずか self   
ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ギ    sacrifice   
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ギュウ   うし cow   
ギ    honour   
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ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
セイ    animal sacrifice   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
また again   
キュウ   すく to rescue, save   
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キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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dot   
スイ   みず water   
ぼく strike   
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