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かれ
彼
らは
ちんもく
沈黙
を
やぶ
破
り、
はな
話
し
はじ
始
めた。
They broke the silence and started to talk.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼らは沈黙を破り、話し始めた。
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Words
か れ ら 1
they (usually male); them
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ち ん も く 0
1. silence; being silent; quiet; hush
2. reticence; inaction
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や ぶ る 2
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to tear; to break; to destroy
2. to break through (opponent's defense etc.); to breach
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to begin to speak
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
沈
チン   しずむ to sink   しずめる to make sink   
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冘
lame   
氵
スイ   みず water   
黙
モク   silent   だまる to remain silent   
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里
リ   さと village   
犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
灬
fire
破
ハ   やぶる to tear, break   やぶれる to get torn, broken   
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石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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始
シ   はじめる to begin, to start (something)   はじまる to begin, to commence   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
台
ダイ   タイ    pedestal   
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厶
ム   private
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