Kanshudo Example: 彼が秘密を打ち明け始めるとみんな聞き耳をたてた。 - Kanshudo

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が

を

めるとみんな

をたてた。

We were all ears when he started to tell us his secret.

Grammar and points of interest

particle を particle を

direct object marker

彼が秘密を打ち明け始めるとみんな聞き耳をたてた。

verb plain form + と verb plain form + と

when, if

彼が秘密を打ち明け始めるとみんな聞き耳をたてた。

皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな皆さん（みなさん） vs みんな

彼が秘密を打ち明け始めるとみんな聞き耳をたてた。

Conjugations and inflections

打ち明け始める is the 始める form of ichidan verb 打ち明ける ALL INFLECTIONS

たてた is the past form of ichidan verb たてる ALL INFLECTIONS

Words

pronoun

1. he; him

2. his

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noun, 'na' adjective, 'no' adjective

1. secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy

2. secret; mystery

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ける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart

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みんな

adverb, noun

1. all; everyone; everybody (often written with kana only)

2. everything (often written with kana only)

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Most common form: 聞耳

noun

straining one's ears

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たてる

Most common form: 建てる

ichidan verb, transitive verb

to build; to construct

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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

秘

ヒ secret ひめる to keep secret

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禾

grain

必

ヒツかならず certainly, invariably

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ノ

katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from

心

シンこころ heart

密

ミツ secret

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山

サンやま mountain

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宀

roof

打

ダうつ to strike

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扌

hand

丁

チョウテイ a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu

明

メイミョウあかり light あかるい bright あかるむ to brighten あからむ to become luminous (at dawn) あきらか obvious あかす to lay bare あく to open あける to empty

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日

ニチジツ sun; day ひ -か

月

ガツゲツつき month; moon

始

シはじめる to begin, to start (something) はじまる to begin, to commence

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女

ジョニョニョウ woman; female おんな woman め woman

台

ダイタイ pedestal

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厶

ム private

口

コウクくち mouth

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聞

ブンモンきく to listen, to hear きこえる to be heard

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耳

ジみみ ear

門

モンかど gate

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