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しかし
さいしょ
最初
ころ
じどうはんばいき
自動販売機
つめ
たい
もの
しか
ことができなかった
However, early vending machines could only sell cold items.
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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conjunction
however; but  (often written with kana only)
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'no' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
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noun, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (suffix)
1. (approximate) time; around; about; toward  (ごろ when used as a suffix; often written with kana only)
2. suitable time (or condition)  (see also: 食べ頃)
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Most common form: 自動販売器
noun
vending machine
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1. cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; freezing  (opposite: 熱い)
2. coldhearted; unfeeling
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Most common form: もの
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to sell
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expression, ichidan verb
can (do); to be able to (do); can be done; is able to be done  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
サイ   もっと most   
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シュ   と to take   
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ジ   みみ ear   
また again   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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   
ジ   シ   みずか self   
ドウ   うご to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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ジュウ   チョウ   おも heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
ハン sell, trade; marketing   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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cliff
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
バイ   う to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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シ   samurai
net
キ    machine   はた loom   
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キ   いく- how many, how much   
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protection   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
tasseled spear
short, tiny   
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シ   いと thread   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
レイ   つめたい cold   さめる to (become) cool   さます to (make) cool   ひ cold (sake, water)   ひえる to get chilly   ひやす to chill   ひやかす to banter   
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レイ    order   
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assembly, gathering   
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seal
ice   
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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モチ   not
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pig
ギュウ   うし cow   
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