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かれ
たな
ぶつかってとても
こうか
高価
とうき
陶器
ちて
こなごな
粉々
れてしまった

After he bumped into the shelf, the priceless china fell and shattered into fragments.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
1
pronoun
1. he; him
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0
noun
1. shelf; shelves; ledge; rack
2. trellis
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0 4
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to strike against; to collide with; to bump into; to conflict  (often written with kana only)
2. to encounter; to meet
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0 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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1
high price
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1
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics; crockery  (see also: 磁器)
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2
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
2. to be omitted; to be missing
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0
in very small pieces
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0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to break; to be smashed
2. to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn
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Kanji
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
たな shelf   
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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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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ホウ   とも friend   
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ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
カ   あたい price, value   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
west
トウ    pottery, porcelain   
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hill   
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wrapped up can
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wrap
カン    can   
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キ   うつわ utensil   
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ラク   おちる to fall   おとす to drop (something)   
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grass   
ラク    Kyoto; the capital   
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スイ   みず water   
カク   each; every   おのおの each   
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go
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フン   こな    こ flour, powder   
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ブン   ブ   フン   わける to divide, to distinguish   わかる to understand   わかれる to be divided   わかつ to share, distribute   
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トウ   かたな sword   
katakana 'ha'; eight
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
(kanji repetition symbol)   
カツ   わ to separate, to divide   われる to split apart, to crack   わり proportion, 10%   さ to cut up   
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ガイ    damaged, injured   
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シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
roof   
トウ   かたな sword   
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