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ホーキングが、
さいしょ
最初
に
かんが
考
えていたよりも
なが
長
く
い
生
きることは
あき
明
らかであった。
It was clear that Hawking would live longer than was first thought.
Grammar and points of interest
よりも よりも
 
more than anything, anyone, etc, above all
ホーキングが、最初に考えていたよりも長く生きることは明らかであった。
adverbs adverbs
 
ホーキングが、最初に考えていたよりも長く生きることは明らかであった。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
ホーキングが、最初に考えていたよりも長く生きることは明らかであった。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
ホーキングが、最初に考えていたよりも長く生きることは明らかであった。
Conjugations and inflections
  考えていた is the past form of the progressive form of ichidan verb 考える   ALL INFLECTIONS
  長く is the adverbial form of 'i' adjective 長い   ALL INFLECTIONS
  生きる is the plain form of ichidan verb 生きる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
Most common form: ほう
interjection (kandoushi)
1. oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.
expression
2. hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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さ い し ょ 0
'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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か ん が え る 4 か ん が え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to think about; to take into consideration
2. to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something)
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よ り 0
particle
1. than
2. from; out of; since; at; on
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な が い 2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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い き る 2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to live; to exist
2. to make a living; to subsist
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こ と 2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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あ き ら か 2
obvious; evident; clear; plain
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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
最
サイ   もっとも most   
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取
シュ   とる to take   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
又
また again   
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
初
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじめ beginning   -ぞめ first doing of   
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衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
考
コウ   かんがえる to think about, consider   
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丂
reach
耂
old
長
チョウ   ながい long   
生
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   うむ to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   おう to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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