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われわれ
我々
は
じかん
時間
を
ろうひ
浪費
しがちである。
We are apt to waste time.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
我々は時間を浪費しがちである。
〜がち 〜がち
 
apt to do; lots of
我々は時間を浪費しがちである。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
我々は時間を浪費しがちである。
Conjugations and inflections
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ れ わ れ 0
Most common form: 我我
we
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じ か ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. time
2. hours (period of)
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ろ う ひ 0
waste; extravagance
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
我
ガ   I; myself   われ    わが-    
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戈
tasseled spear
扌
hand
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
時
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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浪
ロウ    wandering   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
氵
スイ   みず water   
費
ヒ   ついやす to spend   ついえる to be wasted   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
弗
dollar; fluorine   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
丨
stick   
弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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