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かれ
彼
は
ちょうしょく
朝食
を
た
食
べはじめた。
He began to eat his breakfast.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼は朝食を食べはじめた。
verb stem + はじめる verb stem + はじめる
 
begin to do
彼は朝食を食べはじめた。
Conjugations and inflections
  食べはじめた is the past form of the はじめる form of ichidan verb 食べる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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ち ょ う し ょ く 0
noun
breakfast
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た べ る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to eat
2. to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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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   
朝
チョウ   あさ morning   
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月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
ten times earlier
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
早
ソウ   サッ   early; fast   はやい early   はやまる be hasty   はやめる to expedite, to hasten   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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