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はじ
初
めてiPhoneが
はつばい
発売
されたとき、
せかいじゅう
世界中
で
だいはんきょう
大反響
だった。
When the iPhone was first released, it caused a huge reaction around the world.
Conjugations and inflections
  発売された is the past form of the passive form of 'suru' verb 発売   ALL INFLECTIONS
  だった is the past form of copula だ   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
は じ め て 2
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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は つ ば い 0
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
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と き 2
Most common form: 時
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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around the world; throughout the world
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noun
big splash; big response; major repercussions
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だ
だ 0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: た; た after certain verb forms)
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Kanji
初
ショ   はつ    うい-    はじめ beginning   -ぞめ first doing of   
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衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
発
ハツ   ホツ    emission, discharge   
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癶
hairy legs
二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
儿
legs
売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
世
セ   セイ   よ the world   
界
カイ    world   
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介
カイ    mediate   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丨
stick   
田
デン   た rice field   
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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   
反
ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そる to be warped, curved   
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又
また again   
厂
cliff
響
キョウ   ひびく to affect; to resound   
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音
オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
郷
キョウ   ゴウ   hometown
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乡
short, tiny   
郎
ロウ    husband, man   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
⻏
おおざと group, community, large village   
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