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どうしたあの
うえき
植木
えだ
せんてい
剪定
して
しかった

"What is it?" "Well, you see, I wanted the shrubs pruned."
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of  (often written with kana only)
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1
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)  (see also: 何の・どの, 此の, 其の, 彼・あれ; often written with kana only)
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0
noun
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
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0
noun
branch; bow; bough; twig; limb
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0
pruning
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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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2
1. wanted; wished for; in need of; desired  (see also: 欲しがる)
auxiliary adjective
2. I want (you) to  (after the -te form of a verb; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
ショク   うえる to plant   うわる to be planted   
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チョク   ジキ    honest; direct   なお to correct   なお to be cured   ただちに immediately   
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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   
stick   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
shelf
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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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   
シ   えだ branch   
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シ   ささえる to support   
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また again   
セン   はさ to snip, to clip   
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ゼン   まえ before   
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the body part and the sword
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ニク body part   
トウ   かたな sword   
grass   
トウ   かたな sword   
テイ   ジョウ   determined   さだ decidedly, truly   さだめる to decide, determine   さだまる to be determined   
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ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
roof   
ヨク   ほしい want   ほっする to want   
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ケツ   か to lack   かける to be lacking   
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corner
コク   たに valley   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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