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わたし
私
の
の
乗
っている
くるま
車
にしたって
じゅんすい
純粋
に
かいもの
買物
よう
用
に
か
買
った
くるま
車
なのだ。
Even though it's my car, I really bought it only for shopping.
Source: 世界の終りとハードボイルド・ワンダーランド(村上 春樹)
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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の る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
2. to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount  (see also: 載る:のる)
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く る ま 0
Most common form: くるま
noun
1. car; automobile; vehicle
2. wheel
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1. to decide (on something)
2. to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
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じ ゅ ん す い 0
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
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か い も の 0
Most common form: 買い物
shopping; purchased goods
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よ う 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. task; business
2. use; duty; service
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か う 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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Most common form: なんだ
auxiliary
1. it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...  (see also: のだ)
2. did not ...  (after the -nai stem of a verb; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
乗
ジョウ   load; power   のる to board   のせる to load on   
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車
シャ   くるま car   
純
ジュン    pure   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
屯
トン    barracks   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
屮
sprout (ie, new shoot of a plant)   
粋
スイ    purity, essence, elegance   いき chic, style   
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卆
nine out of ten
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九
ク   キュウ   ここのつ nine   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
買
バイ   かう to buy   
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罒
net
貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
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