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たなか
田中
さん
しょたいめん
初対面
あくしゅ
握手
わした

When Tanaka and I first met, we shook hands.
Conjugations and inflections
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Names
たなか   Tanaka   (place name, surname, female given name)  
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Words
suffix
1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san  (see also: ; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)
2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)  (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)
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2
noun
first meeting; first interview with
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expression, 'su' godan verb
shake each other's hands; shake hands with each other
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Kanji
デン   た rice field   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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stick   
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじ beginning   -ぞ first doing of   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
トウ   かたな sword   
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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スン   inch
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
アク   にぎ to grasp   
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hand
オク   や roof   
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corpse
シ   いた to reach, to lead to   
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ム   private
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シュ   hand   て    た-    
コウ   mix; mixed   まぜる to mix, stir   まざる    まじる to be mixed together   まじえる to mix, intersperse   まじわる to intersect   か to take turns   かわす to exchange   
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ロク   むっ six   む    むい    む    
フ   ちち father   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
crossed swords
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