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フォークはし
つか
使
われる
いぜん
以前
ひとびと
人々
ふつう
たい
らな
パン
つか
使
って
べていた

Before forks and chopsticks, people usually ate food with a piece of flat bread.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. fork
2. folk; folk song  (this meaning is restricted to reading フォーク)
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1
Most common form:
noun
chopsticks  (see also: お箸)
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
2. to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate  (see also: 人使い)
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
ago; since; before; previous
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2
Most common form: 人人
each person; people; men and women; everybody
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0
Most common form: 普通
1. general; ordinary; usual
2. normally; generally; usually
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0
flatness; level; smooth; calm; plain; sitting tailor fashion
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noun
1. bread; pastries (e.g. croissants); pastry-based products  (originally written 麺麭 or 麪包; originally from Portuguese 'pão')
2. pan; frying pan  (see also: フライパン; originally from eng 'pan')
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2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat
2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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Kanji
使
シ   つか to use   
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リ    official   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シ    history   
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crossed swords
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
イ    (prefix) or   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
(kanji repetition symbol)   
ヘイ   ビョウ   たい flat   ひら ordinary; flat   
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eight
カン   dry; drying frame   ひ to get dry   ほ to dry (something), to air   
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ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   く to eat   
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リョウ   よ good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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