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その
こうえんしゃ
講演者
は
たいど
態度
が
ひか
控
え
め
目
であった。
The speaker was restrained in his attitude.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
だ, である, であります, でございます, ではない etc
その講演者は態度が控え目であった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
こ う え ん し ゃ 3
noun
lecturer; speaker
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た い ど 1
attitude; manner; behaviour
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ひ か え め 0
Most common form: 控目
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing; unassuming; well-behaved; low-key; temperate; in small quantities
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
講
コウ    lecture   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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冓
a well again
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井
セイ   ショウ   い a well   
再
サイ   サ   ふたたび again   
演
エン    performance, play   
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寅
とら tiger; sign of the tiger   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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宀
roof   
氵
スイ   みず water   
者
シャ   もの person, someone   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
耂
old
態
タイ    condition, appearance   
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心
シン   こころ heart   
能
ノウ    ability   
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匕
さじ spoon   
䏍
private month
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厶
ム   private
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
度
ド   ト   タク   degree   たび occasion, time   
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广
stony cliff
廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
又
また again   
控
コウ   ひかえる to restrain oneself, to refrain; to be withdrawn   
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空
クウ   から empty   あく to be empty   あける to empty, vacate   そら sky   
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工
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
穴
ケツ   あな hole   
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扌
hand
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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