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かれ
ふうとう
封筒
けてみた
しつぼう
失望
した
だけであった
He opened the envelope only to be disappointed.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
noun
envelope
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock  (this meaning is restricted to form 開ける)
2. to open (for business, etc.)  (this meaning is restricted to form 開ける)
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0
disappointment; despair
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particle
1. only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone  (see also: しか; often written with kana only)
2. as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)  (often written with kana only)
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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   
フウ   ホウ    seal   
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ケイ    jewel; corner   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
スン   inch
トウ   つつ cylinder, tube, pipe   
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ドウ   おな same   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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bamboo
カイ   あ to (be) open   あける    ひら to open (something)   ひらける to open out (eg view)   
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start, initiate   
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twenty; two hands   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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モン   かど gate   
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シツ   うしな to lose   
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シ   や arrow   
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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   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ボウ   モウ   のぞ to wish for   
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ボウ   モウ   dead   な to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
オウ    king   
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