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ジム
せんしゅう
先週
わたし
てがみ
手紙
よこして
かげつ
ヶ月
まえ
もど
っている
こと
げた

Jim wrote to me last week and said he had come back two months before.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
gym; gymnasium
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
last week; the week before
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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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letter
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2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to send; to forward  (often written with kana only)
2. to hand over (e.g. money)  (often written with kana only)
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1
months (period of)
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1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to turn back (e.g. half-way)
2. to return; to go back
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to tell; to inform; to announce
2. to indicate; to signal; to mark
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Kanji
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
シュウ    a week   
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シュウ   まわ circumference   
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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move
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
シュ   hand   て    た-    
シ   かみ paper   
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シ    family; Mr / Mrs   うじ family name   
シ   いと thread   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
レイ   もど to return   もど to send back   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コ   と door   
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corpse
コク   つげる to announce   
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