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われわれ
我々
が
せきゆ
石油
を
つか
使
い
は
果
たす
までには
ひゃくねん
百年
かからないであろう。
It will be little more than a hundred years before we use all the oil up.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ れ わ れ 0
Most common form: 我我
we
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せ き ゆ 0
noun
oil; petroleum; kerosene
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つ か い は た す 5
Most common form: 使い果す
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to use up; to squander
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ま で 0
particle
1. until (a time); till; to; up to  (often written with kana only)
2. to (a place); as far as  (often written with kana only)
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ひ ゃ く ね ん 2
noun
century; hundred years; a long time
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)  (see also: 時間がかかる; often written with kana only)
2. to hang  (often written with kana only)
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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)   
石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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油
ユ   あぶら oil   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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使
シ   つかう to use   
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吏
リ    official   
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史
シ    history   
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乂
crossed swords
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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丨
stick   
亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
果
カ    result   はたす to carry out   はて end, extremity   はてる to come to an end   
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田
デン   た rice field   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
百
ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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