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あの
ろうじん
老人
50
ねん
じかせい
自家製
ウイスキー
つく
っていた

The old man had been making white lightning for 50 years.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
interjection (kandoushi)
say; well; errr ...
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0
the aged; old person
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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0
homemade
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3 4 2
Most common form: ウイスキ
noun
whisky; whiskey  (also written as ウ井スキー)
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2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct  (造る usu. for large-scale building, manufacturing, etc. 創る usu. for creating)
2. to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
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Kanji
ロウ   old   おいる    ふける to grow old   
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old
さじ spoon   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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pig
roof   
セイ    manufacture; made in ...   
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セイ    system; regulations   
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シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
トウ   かたな sword   
イ   ころも clothes   
サク   サ   つく to make   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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