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かれ
彼
が
はな
話
し
お
終
わると
みな
皆
だま
黙
っていた。
When he finished speaking, everyone was silent.
Grammar and points of interest
verb plain form + と verb plain form + と
 
when, if
彼が話し終わると皆黙っていた。
皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな 皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな
 
彼が話し終わると皆黙っていた。
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Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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は な し 3
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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み な 2
Most common form: みんな
adverb, noun
1. all; everyone; everybody  (often written with kana only)
2. everything  (often written with kana only)
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だ ま る 2
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be silent
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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   
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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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
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   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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終
シュウ   end   おわる to come to an end   おえる to bring to an end   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
冬
トウ   ふゆ winter   
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⺀
ice
夂
go
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皆
カイ   みな everyone   
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比
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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匕
さじ spoon   
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
灬
fire
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