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とお
ある
いたら
むかし
ともだち
友達
であ
出会
った

Walking along the street, I met an old friend.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
3 1
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
1. avenue; street; way; road
2. coming and going; street traffic
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2
'ku' godan verb, intransitive verb
to walk
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0
1. the old days; the past; former times; a long time ago; ~ ago
noun
2. the past ten years; the past decade  (see also: ふた昔; used as a unit of time)
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0
noun
friend; companion
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2
'u' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon  (出遭う usu. has a negative connotation)
2. to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.)  (esp. 出合う; this meaning is restricted to form 出会う, 出合う)
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Kanji
ツ   ツウ   とお to pass through   とお to let pass   かよ to commute   
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use your ma
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
katakana 'ma'
move
ホ   フ   ブ   ある    あゆ to walk   
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ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
セキ   シャク   ancient; old   むかし ancient   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
キョウ   とも together   
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
また again   
タツ    arrive   
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ヨウ   ひつじ sheep   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
シュツ   スイ   だ to take out, to put out   で to go out, to exit   
カイ   エ   あ to meet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ウン    say   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ム   private
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