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かれ
おおさか
大阪
でなく
とうきょう
東京
こと
した
He chose to live in Tokyo instead of Osaka.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
noun
1. Osaka  (this meaning is restricted to reading おおさか)
2. large hill  (archaic)
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0
copula
1. be; is  (see also: である, です; plain copula)
auxiliary verb
2. indicates past or completed action  (see also: ; た after certain verb forms)
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0
noun
Tokyo
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1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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2
Most common form: こと
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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1. to do  (often written with kana only)
2. to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)  (often written with kana only)
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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   
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   
ハン   slope
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hill   
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ハン   ホン   タン    anti-   そらす to bend, to warp   そ to be warped, curved   
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トウ   ひがし east   
キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ジュウ   す to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
dot   
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
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