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その
しつもん
質問
は
わたしたち
私達
には
こた
答
えられなかった。
The question was impossible for us to answer.
Grammar and points of interest
verb passive form verb passive form
 
is done
その質問は私達には答えられなかった。
には, では, とは には, では, とは
 
emphasis
その質問は私達には答えられなかった。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
その質問は私達には答えられなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  答えられなかった is the past negative form of the passive form of ichidan verb 答える   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
し つ も ん 0
question; inquiry; enquiry
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わ た し た ち 3
Most common form: 私たち
we; us
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こ た え る 3
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
to answer; to reply
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Kanji
質
シツ   シチ   チ    quality; substance   
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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
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
問
モン   とい question   とう to ask   とん wholesale   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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門
モン   かど gate   
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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
達
タツ    arrive   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
答
トウ   こたえ an answer   こたえる to answer   
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⺮
bamboo
合
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あう to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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亼
assembly, gathering   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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