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でんしゃ
電車
まえ
おみやげ
ことができました
They were able to buy gifts, before the train came.
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
What About the Gifts? by Natalie Rees
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Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
0
noun
train; electric train
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1
Most common form: くる
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back  (see also: 行って来る)
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1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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0
Most common form: お土産
noun
present; souvenir  (see also: 土産; polite (teineigo) language)
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0
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to buy; to purchase  (in western Japan, 買う conjugates euphonically as こうた, こうて, etc.)
2. to value; to have a high opinion
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
デン    electricity   
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electricity
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second   おつ    
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
フ   あめ rain   
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シャ   くるま car   
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
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   
バイ   か to buy   
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net
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
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