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かれ
さいなん
災難
って
れいせい
冷静
であった
They were calm in the face of disaster.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
they (usually male); them
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3
noun
calamity; misfortune; disaster
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1
Most common form: あう
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet; to encounter; to see  (逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos, 遭う may have an undesirable nuance)
2. to have an accident; to have a bad experience  (esp. 遭う when in kanji; often written with kana only)
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0
calm; composure; coolness; serenity
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3
be; is  (see also: , であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
サイ   わざわ disaster   
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wavy river   
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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eight
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
grass   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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little bird
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ソウ   あ to meet (often with negative nuance); to encounter   
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ソウ    cadet   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
キョク   melody; curve   まがる to curve, to bend (intr)   まげる to twist (tr)   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
move
レイ   つめたい cold   さめる to (become) cool   さます to (make) cool   ひ cold (sake, water)   ひえる to get chilly   ひやす to chill   ひやかす to banter   
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レイ    order   
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assembly, gathering   
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seal
ice   
セイ   ジョウ   しず quiet, still   しずまる to become still   しずめる to becalm, to quell   
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ソウ   あらそ to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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corner
slashed yo
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yo; yell
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あお blue   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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