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かれ
ちゅうしんてき
中心的
かんしん
関心
おお
きな
くるま
ことだった
Their central concern was to have a big car.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
they (usually male); them
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0
central; mainline
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0
noun
concern; interest
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1
big; large; great  (see also: 小さな)
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0
Most common form: くるま
noun
1. car; automobile; vehicle
2. wheel
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1
1. to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
2. to possess; to have; to own
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2
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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expression
was  (see also: ; past tense of plain 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   
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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シン   こころ heart   
テキ   まと target   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
カン   せき barrier   かかわる to be connected   
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relation
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eight
テン   あめ    あま- heaven   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
モン   かど gate   
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シャ   くるま car   
ジ   も to hold, to have   
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hand
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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スン   inch
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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