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かれ
彼
はアメリカ
し
史
の
きょうかしょ
教科書
を
よ
読
んでいた。
He was reading a textbook on American history.
Grammar and points of interest
particle の particle の
 
noun replacement / nominalization
彼はアメリカ史の教科書を読んでいた。
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
彼はアメリカ史の教科書を読んでいた。
Conjugations and inflections
  読んでいた is the past form of the progressive form of 'mu' godan verb 読む   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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ア メ リ カ 0
noun
1. America  (often written with kana only)
2. United States of America  (often written with kana only)
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き ょ う か し ょ 3
noun
textbook; text book  (see also: 教科用図書; abbreviation)
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よ む 1
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to read
2. to count  (see also: さばを読む; now mostly used in idioms)
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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   
史
シ    history   
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乂
crossed swords
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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教
キョウ   おしえる to teach   おそわる to be taught   
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孝
コウ    filial piety   
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耂
old
子
シ   ス   こ child   
攵
ぼく strike   
科
カ    department   
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禾
grain
斗
ト    Big Dipper   
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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   
丶
dot   
書
ショ   かく to write   
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聿
writing brush
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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