Kanshudo Example: 今は私のだんなさんとなった彼とはメールで知り合い、ひょんなことで付き合うようになってから１ヶ月もしないうちにあれよあれよと私たちは結婚する決心をしました。

I came to know the man who is now my husband through e-mail; from an acquaintanceship started in that odd way before a month had passed we found ourselves resolving to get married.

Grammar and points of interest

うちにうちに

while still

今は私のだんなさんとなった彼とはメールで知り合い、ひょんなことで付き合うようになってから１ヶ月もしないうちにあれよあれよと私たちは結婚する決心をしました。

particle の particle の

noun replacement / nominalization

particle を particle を

direct object marker

irregular verbs irregular verbs

来る（くる） and する

〜ように〜ように

in order to ~, so that ~, to ~

となるとなる

become (with finality)

には, では, とはには, では, とは

emphasis

verb て form + から verb て form + から

after

particle も + negative verb particle も + negative verb

not at all, never, nowhere etc

をする vs するをする vs する

〜ようになる〜ようになる

come about

ないうちに〜ないうちに〜

before ~

もしない（で）もしない（で）

without even ~

〜くなります／になります〜くなります／になります

become

noun + になります noun + になります

become

particle と particle と

and

particle に particle に

an overview of the uses of に

Conjugations and inflections

なった is the past form of 'ru' godan verb なる ALL INFLECTIONS

知り合い is the stem form of 'u' godan verb 知り合う ALL INFLECTIONS

付き合う is the plain form of 'u' godan verb 付き合う ALL INFLECTIONS

なって is the te form of 'ru' godan verb なる ALL INFLECTIONS

しない is the plain negative form of irregular verb 'suru' する ALL INFLECTIONS

しました is the polite past form of irregular verb 'suru' する ALL INFLECTIONS

Words

いま

今

adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

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わたし

私

pronoun, 'no' adjective

1. I; me

noun, 'no' adjective

2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)

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だんな

Most common form: 旦那

noun

1. master (of a house, shop, etc.)

2. husband (informal)

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さん

suffix

1. Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san (see also: 様; after a person's name (or position, etc.); honorific; familiar language)

2. makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions) (see also: ご苦労さん; usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-; polite (teineigo) language)

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なる

'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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かれ

彼

pronoun

1. he; him

'no' adjective

2. his

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メール

noun, 'suru' verb

1. email (abbreviation)

noun

2. mail (usu. in phrases and compound words)

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う

Most common form: 知合う

'u' godan verb, intransitive verb

to get to know (someone); to make acquaintance

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ひょんな

pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

strange; unexpected; (by) chance; unusual; curious (see also: 思いがけない)

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こと

noun

1. thing; matter (often written with kana only)

2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis (often written with kana only)

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う

'u' godan verb, intransitive verb

1. to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with

2. to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise

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よう

Most common form: 陽

noun

1. yang (i.e. the positive) (opposite: 陰)

2. the open (i.e. a visible place) (see also: 陽に)

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かげつ

ヶ月

counter

months (period of)

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する

irregular verb 'suru'

1. to do (often written with kana only)

2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into) (often written with kana only)

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noun

jettisoned cargo

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あれよあれよ

expression, interjection (kandoushi)

while surprised; suddenly (see also: あれよあれよという間に, あれよあれよという内に)

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わたし

私

たち

pronoun, 'no' adjective

we; us

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けっこん

結婚

noun, 'no' adjective, 'suru' verb

marriage

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けっしん

決心

noun, 'suru' verb

determination; resolution

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Kanji

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