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かれ
彼
は
きびん
機敏
に
うご
動
いて
かじ
火事
を
け
消
し
と
止
めた。
He acted quickly and put out the fire.
Grammar and points of interest
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼は機敏に動いて火事を消し止めた。
verb て form verb て form
 
and
彼は機敏に動いて火事を消し止めた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼は機敏に動いて火事を消し止めた。
Conjugations and inflections
  動いて is the te form of 'ku' godan verb 動く   ALL INFLECTIONS
  消し止めた is the past form of ichidan verb 消し止める   ALL INFLECTIONS
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Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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き び ん 0
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
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う ご く 2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to move; to stir; to shift; to shake; to swing
2. to operate; to run; to go; to work
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か じ 1
noun
fire; conflagration
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け し と め る 4
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to put out; to extinguish
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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   
機
キ    machine   はた loom   
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幾
キ   いく- how many, how much   
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戍
protection   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
戈
tasseled spear
幺
short, tiny   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
敏
ビン    cleverness   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
攵
ぼく strike   
動
ドウ   うごく to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
火
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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丷
eight
事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
消
ショウ   けす to extinguish   きえる to go out   
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肖
ショウ    resemble   
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⺌
small
⺝
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
氵
スイ   みず water   
止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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