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かれ
彼
は
ゆうじん
友人
と
あくしゅ
握手
した。
He shook hands with his friend.
Grammar and points of interest
particle と particle と
 
and
彼は友人と握手した。
Conjugations and inflections
  握手した is the past form of 'suru' verb 握手   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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ゆ う じ ん 0
noun
friend  (see also: 友達; more formal than 友達)
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あ く し ゅ 1
handshake
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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   
友
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
握
アク   にぎる to grasp   
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扌
hand
屋
オク   や roof   
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尸
corpse
至
シ   いたる to reach, to lead to   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
厶
ム   private
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
手
シュ   hand   て    た-    
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