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どうしてこんなにいたるところペーパークリップある
わたし
りかい
理解
できなかった
Why paperclips kept showing up everywhere, I could not understand.
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
1
adverb, interjection (kandoushi)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for  (see also: どうやって; often written with kana only)
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0 4
so; like this; in this way  (see also: こんな)
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2
Most common form: 至るところ
adverb, noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
everywhere; all over; throughout  (often written with kana only)
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6 5
noun
paperclip; paper clip
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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
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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1
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task  (often written with kana only)
2. to be ready; to be completed  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
リ    logic   
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リ   さと village   
オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
カイ   ゲ   と to untie, solve, resolve   とける to come undone, disappear   とかす to melt, dissolve   
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カク   corner; horn   かど corner   つの horn   
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corner
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
トウ   かたな sword   
ギュウ   うし cow   
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