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これは
わたし
私
が
はじ
初
めて
あじ
味
わった
にほん
日本
りょうり
料理
だった。
This was the first Japanese food I had ever tasted.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
こ れ 0
pronoun
1. this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)  (see also: 何れ, 其れ, 彼:あれ; often written with kana only)
2. this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)  (humble)
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わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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は じ め て 2
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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あ じ わ う 3 あ じ わ う 0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to taste; to savor; to savour; to relish
2. to appreciate; to enjoy; to relish; to digest
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に ほ ん 2
noun
Japan
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り ょ う り 1
1. cooking; cookery; cuisine
2. dealing with something; handling; administration; management  (nuance of doing it easily)
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expression
was  (see also: だ; past tense of plain copula)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
初
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじめ beginning   -ぞめ first doing of   
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衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
味
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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未
ミ    not yet   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
料
リョウ    fee   
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米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
斗
ト    Big Dipper   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丶
dot   
理
リ    logic   
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里
リ   さと village   
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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