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われわれ
我々
せんじちゅう
戦時中
せきゆ
石油
なし
まさなければならなかった

We had to do without oil during the war.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
Most common form: 我我
we
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0
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
during the war
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noun
oil; petroleum; kerosene
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. without  (often written with kana only)
noun
2. unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory  (colloquialism; often written with kana only; opposite: 在り)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
2. to settle; to pay back
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Kanji
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
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セン   いくさ battle, war   たたか to do battle   
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タン    simple   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
small
デン   た rice field   
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ユ   あぶら oil   
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スイ   みず water   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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サイ   finish   す to be finished   すます to be through with   
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セイ    equal   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
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