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それ
ひじょう
非常
たいくつ
退屈
えんぜつ
演説
だったので
わたし
ねむ
ってしまった

It was such a boring speech that I fell asleep.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1. that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it  (see also: 何れ, 此れ, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
2. that time; then
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0
1. emergency
2. extraordinary; unusual
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0
tedium; boredom
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0
speech; address
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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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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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sleep (not necessarily lying down)  (see also: 寝る)
2. to die
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Kanji
ヒ   mistake
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ジョウ   つね usual, normal   とこ- endless, unchanging   
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classroom
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small
cover; covered   
チョウ   つ to hang   つる to hang up   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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キン   turban; cloth
退
タイ   しりぞ to retreat, back off   しりぞける to repel   
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good
move
クツ    yield   
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corpse
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
エン    performance, play   
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とら tiger; sign of the tiger   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
roof   
スイ   みず water   
セツ   ゼイ   と to explain, persuade   
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eight elder brothers
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eight
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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legs
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ミン   ねむ to sleep   ねむ sleepy   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
ミン   たみ people   
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