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わたし
私
が
とこ
床
に
はい
入
る
か
はい
入
らない
かのうちに
でんわ
電話
が
な
鳴
りだした
。
I had hardly gotten into bed when the phone began to ring.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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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と こ 0
noun
1. bed; bedding
2. sickbed
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は い る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to enter; to go into  (opposite: 出る)
2. to break into
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う ち 0 う ち 1
1. inside; within
2. while  (see also: ないうちに; also 裡; often written with kana only)
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で ん わ 0
1. telephone call; phone call
2. telephone (device); phone  (see also: 電話機; abbreviation)
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Most common form: なりだす
1. to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
2. to begin to do or be something
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
床
ショウ   ゆか floor   とこ bed   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
广
stony cliff
入
ニュウ   いる to enter   はいる to enter   いれる to put in   
電
デン    electricity   
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电
electricity
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乚
second   おつ    
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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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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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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鳴
メイ   なく to chirp, to twitter   なる to sound, to ring   ならす to make ring   
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鳥
チョウ   とり bird   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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丂
reach
灬
fire
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