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いぜん
以前
どこ
った
ことありませんその
がくせい
学生
たずねた
"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
ago; since; before; previous
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1
1. where; what place  (see also: 此処, 其処, 彼処; often written with kana only)
2. how much (long, far); what extent  (see also: 何れ程)
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1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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2
noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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1
irregular 'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live  (see also: 居る; often written with kana only)
2. to have  (often written with kana only)
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0
noun
student (esp. a university student)
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3
Most common form: 訪ねる
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
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Kanji
イ    (prefix) or   
ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
ガク   まな to learn   
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シ   ス   こ child   
classroom
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small
cover; covered   
セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
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