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われわれ
我々
ぜったいぜつめい
絶体絶命
ピンチ
まれた

We were driven to the wall.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: 我我
we
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Most common form: 絶対絶命
desperate situation; being driven into a corner; stalemate  (yojijukugo)
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noun
1. crisis; tough spot; predicament; pinch  (originally from eng 'pinch')
2. clothespin
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'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to herd; to corner; to drive
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Kanji
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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tasseled spear
hand
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ゼツ   たえる to die out   たやす to eradicate   た to sever, to cut off   
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シ   いと thread   
ショク   シキ   いろ color   
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ともえ comma shape, shape of magatama   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
corner
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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ホン   book   もと origin   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
メイ   ミョウ    life; fate   いのち life   
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assembly, gathering   
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たた to strike, beat, hit   
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seal
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ツイ   お to pursue   
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two mouths
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move
crowded   こ to be crowded   こめる to load; to include   
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ニュウ   い to enter   はい to enter   いれる to put in   
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