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かのじょ
彼女
は
ながねん
長年
の
あいだ
間
に
ほうちょう
包丁
をする
へ
減
らした。
She ground down a kitchen knife in the course of many years.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼女は長年の間に包丁をする減らした。
irregular verbs irregular verbs
 
来る（くる） and する
彼女は長年の間に包丁をする減らした。
間 - あいだ vs ま vs かん 間 - あいだ vs ま vs かん
 
彼女は長年の間に包丁をする減らした。
をする vs する をする vs する
 
彼女は長年の間に包丁をする減らした。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼女は長年の間に包丁をする減らした。
Conjugations and inflections
  減らした is the past form of 'su' godan verb 減らす   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か の じ ょ 1
pronoun
1. she; her
2. her
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な が ね ん 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
long time; many years
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あ い だ 0
noun
1. space (between); gap; interval; distance; stretch
noun, adverb
2. period of time (during, while); duration; interval
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ほ う ち ょ う 0
noun
1. kitchen knife; carving knife
2. cooking; food  (archaic)
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へ ら す 0 へ ら す 3
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten  (opposite: 増やす)
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
長
チョウ   ながい long   
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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包
ホウ   つつむ to wrap   
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勹
wrap
己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
減
ゲン   へる become less   へらす reduce   
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咸
all, together, same   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
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