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その
しょうねん
少年
は
あたら
新
しい
じてんしゃ
自転車
が
ほ
欲
しくてたまらなかった。
The boy was anxious for a new bicycle.
Grammar and points of interest
〜が欲しい（ほしい） 〜が欲しい（ほしい）
 
want (something)
その少年は新しい自転車が欲しくてたまらなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  欲しくて is the te form of 'i' adjective 欲しい   ALL INFLECTIONS
  たまらなかった is the past form of 'i' adjective たまらない   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
し ょ う ね ん 0
noun
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
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あ た ら し い 4
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
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じ て ん し ゃ 2 じ て ん し ゃ 0
noun
bicycle
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ほ し い 2
1. wanted; wished for; in need of; desired  (see also: 欲しがる)
auxiliary adjective
2. I want (you) to  (after the -te form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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た ま ら な い 0
expression, 'i' adjective
1. intolerable; unbearable; unendurable  (often written with kana only)
2. irresistible; tremendous; out of this world  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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新
シン   あたらしい    あらた    にい- new   
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亲
stand in the tree
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
斤
キン   axe
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丅
カ   ゲ   した below, under   くだる to descend   さげる to lower, to reduce   
⺁
cliff
自
ジ   シ   みずから self   
転
テン   ころがる to roll (intr.)   ころがす to roll (tr.)   ころげる to roll about   ころぶ to fall over   
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云
ウン    say   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
厶
ム   private
車
シャ   くるま car   
欲
ヨク   ほしい want   ほっする to want   
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欠
ケツ   かく to lack   かける to be lacking   
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⺈
corner
谷
コク   たに valley   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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