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なぜ
何故
わたし
かれ
おし
えてくれ
かれ
なに
した
Why am I shooting these guys, tell me, what have they done?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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Most common form: なぜ
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1
they (usually male); them
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Most common form: うつ
1. to shoot (at)  (usu. 撃つ)
2. to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to teach; to instruct
2. to tell; to inform
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1
1. what
prefix
2. how many  (see also: 何か月; followed by a counter; this meaning is restricted to reading なん)
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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
カ   なに    なん what?   
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カ    good, possible, approval   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コ   strike   ゆえ reason; deceased   
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コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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stick   
ぼく strike   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
ゲキ   う to trounce, to beat   
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
the car and the lance shaft
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シャ   くるま car   
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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コウ    filial piety   
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old
シ   ス   こ child   
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