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この
しつもん
質問
こた
としてもごもご
った
わたし
ごじゅう
50
さい
になっても
かけようとする
はは
まど
から
して
ばし
ぎない
ように
ちゅうい
注意
したい
という
はなし
だけであった
All I could mumble in response was that when I was a man of fifty, my mother would lean out of the window when I left and remind me not to drive too fast.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
question; inquiry; enquiry
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2
noun
answer; reply; response; solution
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expression
1. as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
2. apart from... (used to change the topic)
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1
Most common form: もぐもぐ
1. mumbling; chewing one's words  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
2. chewing (food)  (onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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0
1. to say; to utter; to declare
2. to name; to call
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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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noun
50; fifty
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1
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius
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expression, 'ru' godan verb
1. becomes; will become; turns out  (often written with kana only)
2. to do  (as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc.; honorific; often written with kana only)
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out
2. to be about to leave; to be just going out
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2
noun
mother  (see also: ; かか was used by children; humble)
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1
noun
window
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0
noun
1. body
2. oneself
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3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to set out; to set sail
2. to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something)
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0
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to fly; to fire; to hurl; to launch; to make fly
2. to skip over; to omit; to drop (e.g. stitch)
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expression
1. in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as)  (often written with kana only)
2. hoping or wishing for something  (often written with kana only)
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1
caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice  (see also: ご注意)
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expression
1. called; named; that says; that  (often written with kana only)
2. as many as; as much as  (after a quantity; often written with kana only)
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3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
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シツ   シチ   チ    quality; substance   
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モン   と question   と to ask   とん wholesale   
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トウ   こた an answer   こたえる to answer   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
ボ   はは mother   
ソウ   まど window   
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シン   み body, person   
ジョウ   load; power   の to board   のせる to load on   
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ヒ   と to fly   とばす to let fly   
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カ   あやま mistake   あやま to slip up   すぎる to overdo, be more than   すごす to pass, spend   
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チュウ   そそ to pour   
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イ    idea   
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ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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