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20
さい
なって
はじ
めて
かのじょ
彼女
かしゅ
歌手
なろ
けっしん
決心
した

She did not decide to be a singer until she reached the age of twenty.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
Most common form:
suffix
1. -years-old
2. ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius  (this meaning is restricted to form 才)
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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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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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1
pronoun
1. she; her
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1
noun
singer
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auxiliary verb
1. indicates speculation  (after the imperfective form of certain verbs and adjectives)
2. indicates will
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1 3
determination; resolution
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Kanji
サイ    genius   
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
カ   うた to sing   うた song   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
corner
カ    good, possible, approval   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
hook
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シュ   hand   て    た-    
ケツ   きめる to decide   きまる to be decided   
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スイ   みず water   
カイ   ケツ    decide, determine   
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シン   こころ heart   
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