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かれ
にちようび
日曜日
あそ
つね
であった
He used to come to see me on Sunday.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
Sunday
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0
noun, noun (suffix)
1. playing
2. play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)  (often written with kana only)
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1
Most common form: くる
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb
1. to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
irregular verb くる, intransitive verb, auxiliary verb
2. to come back; to do ... and come back  (see also: 行って来る)
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1
usual state of things
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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   
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヨウ    day of the week   
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the little bird gives two yos
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little bird
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yo = to yell / say hi
ユ   ユウ   あそ play   
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the man knows the way to make the child
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
シ   ス   こ child   
move
ライ   く to come   きた to be forthcoming   きた to induce   
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eight
ミ    not yet   
ジョウ   つね usual, normal   とこ- endless, unchanging   
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classroom
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small
cover; covered   
チョウ   つ to hang   つる to hang up   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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キン   turban; cloth
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