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かれ
彼
の
うま
馬
は
ちゃくちゃく
着々
と
たいこうば
対抗馬
に
お
追
いついた。
His horse gained steadily on his rivals.
Grammar and points of interest
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
彼の馬は着々と対抗馬に追いついた。
Conjugations and inflections
  追いついた is the past form of 'ku' godan verb 追いつく   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
2. his
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う ま 2
noun
1. horse
2. horse racing  (see also: 競馬:けいば; this meaning is restricted to reading うま)
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ち ゃ く ち ゃ く 0
steadily
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た い こ う ば 3
noun
a rival horse or candidate
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お い つ く 3
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to overtake; to catch up (with)
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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   
馬
バ   うま horse   ま horse   
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隹
little bird
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灬
fire
着
チャク   ジャク   つく to arrive   つける to attach   きる to wear   きせる to make wear   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
々
(kanji repetition symbol)   
対
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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寸
スン   inch
文
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
抗
コウ    resist; anti-   
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亢
コウ    high spirits   
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几
キ    table   
亠
lid
扌
hand
追
ツイ   おう to pursue   
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two mouths
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⻌
move
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