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かのじょ
彼女
があの
ゆうじん
友人
のなすがままになったのはどうしてですか。
Why is it that she was at the mercy of that friend of hers?
Grammar and points of interest
あの あの
 
that ~ over there
彼女があの友人のなすがままになったのはどうしてですか。
X は Y です X は Y です
 
X is Y
彼女があの友人のなすがままになったのはどうしてですか。
〜くなります／になります 〜くなります／になります
 
become
彼女があの友人のなすがままになったのはどうしてですか。
noun + になります noun + になります
 
become
彼女があの友人のなすがままになったのはどうしてですか。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼女があの友人のなすがままになったのはどうしてですか。
Conjugations and inflections
  なった is the past form of 'ru' godan verb なる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か の じ ょ 1
pronoun
1. she; her
2. her
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あ の 1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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ゆ う じ ん 0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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expression
at someone's (something's) mercy
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な る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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ど う し て 1
adverb, interjection (kandoushi)
why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for  (see also: どうやって; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
友
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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