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かれ
ふる
こわれた
いす
椅子
つけ
ピアノ
かって
すわ
りました

He found an old, broken chair and sat down at the piano.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article
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3
Most common form: 壊れる
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be broken; to break
2. to fall through; to come to nothing
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0
noun
1. chair; stool
2. post; office; position
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0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to come across; to detect; to spot
2. to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to find fault
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0
noun
piano
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0
Most common form: 向う
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to face
2. to go towards; to head towards
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'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to sit; to squat
2. to assume (a position)
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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   
コ   ふる old   -ふる to grow old   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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イ    chair   
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キ    strange, curious   
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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   
カ    good, possible, approval   
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hook
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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シ   ス   こ child   
ケン   み to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
legs
コウ   むかう to confront   む to turn towards   むこう opposite direction   むける to direct towards   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
wide mouth
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wide
ザ   すわ to sit   
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ザ   すわ to sit   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
广
stony cliff
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