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ドアを
あ
開
ける
さい
際
に、
わたし
私
は
かぎ
鍵
を
こわ
壊
してしまった
。
When I opened the door, I broke the lock.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
ド ア 1
noun
door (Western-style)
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あ け る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock  (this meaning is restricted to form 開ける)
2. to open (for business, etc.)  (this meaning is restricted to form 開ける)
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さ い 1
Most common form: さい
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
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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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か ぎ 2
noun
1. key
2. lock  (see also: 錠)
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こ わ す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to break; to destroy; to demolish
2. to wreck; to ruin; to spoil; to damage
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Kanji
開
カイ   あく to (be) open   あける    ひらく to open (something)   ひらける to open out (eg view)   
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开
start, initiate   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
廾
twenty; two hands   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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丨
stick   
門
モン   かど gate   
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際
サイ    occasion   きわ    -ぎわ edge   
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⻖
hill   
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祭
サイ   まつり festival   まつる to deify, enshrine   
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示
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
⺼
ニク body part   
又
また again   
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
鍵
ケン   かぎ key; lock   
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金
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丷
eight
王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
建
ケン   コン   たつ to be built   たてる to build   
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廴
long stride
聿
writing brush
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壊
カイ   こわす to break, smash   こわれる to break, fall apart   
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罒
net
衣
イ   ころも clothes   
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