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その
はなし
ひじょう
非常
ふくざつ
複雑
だったので
わたし
ついていけなかった
The story was so complicated that I couldn't follow it.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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0
1. emergency
2. extraordinary; unusual
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0
complex; complicated; mixed (feelings)  (see also: ややこしい)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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0
particle
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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Most common form: 付いて行ける
expression, ichidan verb
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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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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キン   turban; cloth
フク    double, multiple   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
make the man go all day
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
go
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ザツ   ゾウ    miscellaneous   
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little bird
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ク   キュウ   ここの nine   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
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