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なぜ
やまだ
山田
さん
わたし
こえ
をかけました

Why did Ms. Yamada approach "me"?
Conjugations and inflections
Names
やまだ   Yamada   (place name, surname)  
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Words
1
why; how  (often written with kana only)
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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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0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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0
Most common form: 声を掛ける
expression, ichidan verb
to greet; to call out to someone
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Kanji
サン   やま mountain   
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デン   た rice field   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
セイ   ショウ   こえ voice   こわ- voice   
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シ   samurai
stick   
corpse
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