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きのう
昨日
ひょんなことで
かれ
こせきしょうほん
戸籍抄本
てしまいました

Yesterday I stumbled across a partial copy of his family register.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
yesterday
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expression
by chance  (see also: ひょんな)
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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4
noun
official copy of part of family register
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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe
2. to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge  (see also: 診る)
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Kanji
サク    yesterday   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
コ   と door   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
corpse
セキ    register, census   
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plow; plough
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ミ    not yet   
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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キョウ   とも together   
bamboo
ショウ    selection, extraction, summary   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
hand
ホン   book   もと origin   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
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