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He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.
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Vocabulary list

seirenkeppaku
na adjective, noun
  1. being upright and cleanhanded
seiren
na adjective, noun
  1. honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
keppaku
noun, na adjective
  1. innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
kikoeru
kikoeru

Plain Past Indicative Form

kikoeta
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be heard; to be audible
  2. to be said to be; to be reputed
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
oshoku
noun, no adjective
  1. corruption
nanka
particle, adverb
  1. something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ... (oft. scornful or dismissive)
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
tewosomeru
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
te
noun
  1. hand; arm (occ. pronounced た when a prefix)
  2. forepaw; foreleg
  3. handle
  4. hand; worker; help
  5. trouble; care; effort
  6. means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
  7. hand; handwriting
  8. kind; type; sort
  9. one's hands; one's possession
  10. ability to cope
  11. hand (of cards)
  12. direction
noun, noun, used as a suffix, counter
  1. move (in go, shogi, etc.)
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
someru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to dye; to colour; to color
wakenai
i adjective (negative)
  1. easy; simple
expression
  1. there's no way that ... (contraction of わけがない)
wake
noun
  1. conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
nai
i adjective (negative)
  1. nonexistent; not being (there)
  2. unowned; not had; unpossessed
  3. unique
  4. not; impossible; won't happen (as ...ことがない, etc.; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility)
auxiliary adjective
  1. not (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective)
  2. to not be; to have not (after the -te form of a verb)

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