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あの
ひとたち
人達
はさかんに
まーじゃん
麻雀
を
たの
楽
しんでいた。
Those people thoroughly enjoyed playing mahjong.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
あの人達はさかんに麻雀を楽しんでいた。
あの あの
 
that ~ over there
あの人達はさかんに麻雀を楽しんでいた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
あの人達はさかんに麻雀を楽しんでいた。
Conjugations and inflections
  楽しんでいた is the past form of the progressive form of 'mu' godan verb 楽しむ   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
あ の 1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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ひ と た ち 2
Most common form: 人たち
noun
people
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Most common form: 盛んに
actively; frequently; energetically; heartily; warmly; enthusiastically  (see also: 盛ん・さかん)
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ま あ じ ゃ ん 0 ま あ じ ゃ ん 1
noun
mahjong; mah-jongg  (originally from Chinese)
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た の し む 3
to enjoy (oneself)
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Kanji
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
達
タツ    arrive   
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羊
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
⻌
move
麻
マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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林
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
广
stony cliff
雀
ジャン   すずめ sparrow   
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少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
隹
little bird
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楽
ガク   ラク    music   たのしい happy, pleasant   たのしむ to be happy   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
⺢
スイ   みず water   
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