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へいし
兵士
は
じぶん
自分
の
いのち
命
を
ぎせい
犠牲
にして
ゆうじん
友人
を
すく
救
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
へ い し 1
noun
soldier
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じ ぶ ん 0
1. myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
2. I; me
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い の ち 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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ゆ う じ ん 0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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す く う 0 す く う 3
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
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Kanji
兵
ヘイ   ヒョウ    soldier   
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斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
丌
table
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士
シ   samurai
自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
分
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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刀
トウ   かたな sword   
ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
命
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
叩
たたく to strike, beat, hit   
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卩
seal
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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犠
ギ    sacrifice   
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牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
義
ギ    honour   
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我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
牲
セイ    animal sacrifice   
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生
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   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
友
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
又
また again   
救
キュウ   すくう to rescue, save   
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求
キュウ   もとめる to request, want, demand   
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丶
dot   
水
スイ   みず water   
攵
ぼく strike   
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