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かれ
彼
は
けっきょく
結局
は
いちりゅう
一流
の
しょうせつか
小説家
であった。
After all is said and done, he was a first-rate novelist.
Grammar and points of interest
other forms of です other forms of です
 
だ, である, であります, でございます, ではない etc
彼は結局は一流の小説家であった。
Conjugations and inflections
  であった is the past form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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け っ き ょ く 4 け っ き ょ く 0
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi)
1. after all; eventually; in the end
2. conclusion; end  (see also: 結局のところ)
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い ち り ゅ う 0
1. first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading
2. characteristic; peculiar; unique
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し ょ う せ つ か 0
noun
novelist; fiction writer
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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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   
結
ケツ   むすぶ    ゆわえる to bind   ゆう to braid   
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吉
キツ   キチ    good luck   
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士
シ   samurai
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
局
キョク    office   
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尸
corpse
partly wrapped
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勹
wrap
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
流
ル   リュウ   ながれる to flow   ながす to pour out, to flush　   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
㐬
private lidded river
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
川
セン   かわ river   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
説
セツ   ゼイ   とく to explain, persuade   
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兑
eight elder brothers
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丷
eight
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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儿
legs
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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家
カ   ケ   house   いえ    や    
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豕
pig
宀
roof   
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