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よんじゅうさい
四十歳
になって
はじ
初
めて
かれ
彼
はドイツ
ご
語
を
まな
学
び
はじ
始
めた
。
It was not until he was forty that he began to study German.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
よ ん じ ゅ う 1
Most common form: 40
noun
forty
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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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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か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
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ド イ ツ ご 0
German (language)
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ま な ぶ 0 ま な ぶ 2
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
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Kanji
四
シ   four   よ    よつ    よっつ    よん    
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儿
legs
囗
box, enclosure   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
歳
サイ   セイ    X years old, year-end   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
戌
いぬ dog; sign of the dog   
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戊
number 5, 5th   
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戈
tasseled spear
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   
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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厂
cliff
又
また again   
語
ゴ   かたる to talk, relate   かたらう to talk together, chat   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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五
ゴ   いつ-    いつつ five   
学
ガク   まなぶ to learn   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
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