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とつぜん
突然
まちなか
町中
じゅうせい
銃声
ひび
いた

Suddenly there was the sound of gunfire in the streets.
Conjugations and inflections
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Words
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abrupt; sudden; unexpected; all at once
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Most common form: 街中
noun
downtown
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noun
gunshot; (gun) report
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'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to resound; to be heard far away
2. to reverberate; to shake; to vibrate
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Kanji
トツ   つ to poke   
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ケツ   あな hole   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
roof   
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   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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dot   
ニク body part   
fire
チョウ   まち town   
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チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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   
ジュウ    gun   
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ジュウ   あてる to allot   
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
legs
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
セイ   ショウ   こえ voice   こわ- voice   
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シ   samurai
corpse
キョウ   ひび to affect; to resound   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
キョウ   ゴウ   hometown
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short, tiny   
ロウ    husband, man   
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リョウ   よ good   
おおざと group, community, large village   
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