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ふゆ
なる
よる
なが
なり
ひる
みじかくなり
こども
子供
たち
スケートたりそりのったりするみました
In the winter, when the nights were long and the days short, she watched the children coasting and skating.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
winter
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1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain  (often written with kana only)
2. to result in; to prove to be
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1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
evening; night
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2
1. long (distance)  (this meaning is restricted to form 長い)
2. long (time); lengthy
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particle
1. or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options)
2. ... or ...  (usu. in the form ...なり...なり)
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2
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. noon; midday  (see also: 御昼)
2. daytime  (this meaning is restricted to form 昼, 晝)
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3
Most common form: 短い
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3
noun
children
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0
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
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particle
1. -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going")  (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs)
2. (used adverbially) doing such things as...
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1
Most common form: 反り
noun
warp; curvature; curve; arch
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0
Most common form: 乗る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
2. to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount  (see also: 載る)
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1
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to examine (medically)
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Kanji
トウ   ふゆ winter   
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ice
go
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ヤ   よる    よ night   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
dot   
lid
チョウ   なが long   
チュウ   ひる noon, daytime   
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シャク    unit of length (about a foot)   
タン   ダン    dawn   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
シ   ス   こ child   
キョウ   ク   そなえる to make an offering   とも servant, attendant   
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キョウ   とも together   
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grass   
katakana 'ha'; eight
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