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それ
おお
きくて
くろ
アメリカ
ぐんかん
軍艦
だった
It was a big black American warship.
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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3
big; large; great; loud
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2
2. dark
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0
noun
1. America  (often written with kana only)
2. United States of America  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
warship; battleship
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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コク   くろ    くろ black   
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リ   さと village   
fire
グン    army   
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cover; covered   
シャ   くるま car   
カン    warship   
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シュウ   ふね boat   ふな-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wide
dot   
カン    keep watch, oversee   
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シン   ジン    subject, retainer   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
さら dish   
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