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さんにん
3人
うち
ひとり
1人
しばが
芝刈
わたし
にわ
おおざっぱ
大雑把
さっと
もう
ひとり
一人
つま
にわ
はし
びた
ざっそう
雑草
さっと
さん
かい
のこ
ひとり
一人
トラック
がって
タバコすっていた
While one of them sped around major parts of the property on the mower, a second made a few sweeps at some tall weeds on the edge of my wife's garden, and the third got into the truck and smoked a cigarette.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
Most common form: 三人
noun
three people
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0 1
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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2
Most common form: 一人
noun
1. one person  (esp. 一人)
2. alone; unmarried; solitary  (esp. 独り; this meaning is restricted to reading ひとり)
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4
Most common form: 芝刈機
noun
lawnmower
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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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0
noun
1. garden; yard; courtyard
2. field (of action); area
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3
rough (as in not precise); broad; sketchy
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1 0 3
1. quickly (esp. actions)  (often written with kana only)
2. suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
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0 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to cut (hair); to mow (grass); to harvest; to clip; to shear; to reap; to trim; to prune
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1 0
1. now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
2. already; yet; by now; (not) anymore  (see also: すでに)
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2
noun
1. one person  (esp. 一人)
2. alone; unmarried; solitary  (esp. 独り; this meaning is restricted to reading ひとり)
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2
Most common form:
noun
1. wife  (this meaning is restricted to form 妻)
2. my dear; dear; honey  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to form 妻, 夫)
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0
noun
1. end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
2. beginning; start; first
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread
2. to make progress; to grow (beard, body height)
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0
weed
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1
Most common form:
numeric
two  (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud. 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents.)
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0
Most common form:
numeric
1. three  (参 is used in legal documents)
prefix
2. tri-
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1
1. counter for occurrences
noun
2. a time; an instance
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3
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
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2
1. truck
2. track (running, CD, DVD, etc.)
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0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to rise; to go up; to come up; to ascend; to be raised  (opposite: 下がる)
2. to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to go in
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0
Most common form: たばこ
noun
1. tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; cigar  (often written with kana only; originally from Portuguese 'tabaco')
2. tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 吸う
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
2. to suck; to sip; to slurp
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Kanji
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
しば lawn   
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to reap; to cut   
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キ    machine   はた loom   
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シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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テイ   にわ courtyard, garden   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ザツ   ゾウ    miscellaneous   
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ハ    grasp; bundle   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
サイ   つま wife   
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タン   edge   は    はし    はた    
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シン   のびる to grow   のばす to stretch, to let grow   のべる to lay out (a futon)   
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ソウ   くさ grass   
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カイ   エ   まわ to revolve   まわ to make turn   
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ザン   のこ to remain behind   のこ to leave behind   
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ジョウ   ショウ   うえ above   うわ- above   あげる to raise   あがる to rise   かみ first half, upper part   のぼ to climb   のぼせる to bring up, to raise   のぼ to bring up   
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