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かれ
500
ねん
まえ
ペルー
ていこく
帝国
きず
いた

They built their empire in Peru about five hundred years ago.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
they (usually male); them
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1
noun
1. year (e.g. AD)
2. counter for years
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1
noun
1. in front (of); before (e.g. a building)
2. before; earlier; previously; prior; ago; (minutes) to (the hour)
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1
noun
Peru  (often written with kana only)
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0 1
noun
1. empire
2. imperial
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2
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
to build; to pile up; to amass
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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   
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
wheel around
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ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
テイ    sovereign   
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
cover; covered   
キン   turban; cloth
コク   くに country   
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ギョク   たま jewel   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
box, enclosure   
チク   きず to construct, to make   
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チク    zither   
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ハン   ボン    simple, mediocre   
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キ    table   
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
bamboo
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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