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1951
ねん
シスター・テレサ
とうじ
当時
インド
さいだい
最大
とし
都市
であったカルカッタ
はけん
派遣
された

In 1951, Sister Teresa was sent to Calcutta, then the largest city in India.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
at that time; in those days
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1
noun
India  (often written with kana only)
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0
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum  (opposite: 最小)
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1
town; city; municipal; urban
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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1
Most common form:
counter
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi
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0
Most common form: はけん
1. dispatch; despatch; deployment
noun
2. temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp  (see also: 派遣社員, 派遣労働者; abbreviation)
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Kanji
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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なかぐろ middle dot   
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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small
yo = to yell / say hi
ジ   とき time, occasion   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
サイ   もっと most   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ト   ツ   みやこ capital city, metropolis   
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おおざと group, community, large village   
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シャ   もの person, someone   
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old
シ   いち market   
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キン   turban; cloth
lid
ハ    faction   
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スイ   みず water   
tributary
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セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
ケン   つか to use, to employ   つかわす to dispatch   
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チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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two mouths
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move
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