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ちょうしゅう
聴衆
はコンサートが
はじ
始
まるのをどうにも
ま
待
ちきれなかった。
The audience could hardly wait for the concert to begin.
Grammar and points of interest
particle の particle の
 
noun replacement / nominalization
聴衆はコンサートが始まるのをどうにも待ちきれなかった。
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
聴衆はコンサートが始まるのをどうにも待ちきれなかった。
verb stem + 切れない（きれない） verb stem + 切れない（きれない）
 
unable to finish something
聴衆はコンサートが始まるのをどうにも待ちきれなかった。
Conjugations and inflections
  始まる is the plain form of 'ru' godan verb 始まる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ち ょ う し ゅ う 0
noun
audience; attendance; hearers
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コ ン サ ー ト 1 コ ン サ ー ト 3
noun
concert
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は じ ま る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to begin; to start; to commence
2. to happen (again); to begin (anew)
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ど う 2
how; in what way; how about  (see also: 斯う, 然う, ああ; often written with kana only)
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ま つ 1
'tsu' godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb
1. to wait  (this meaning is restricted to form 待つ)
2. to await; to look forward to; to anticipate
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Kanji
聴
チョウ   きく to listen   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
罒
net
心
シン   こころ heart   
耳
ジ   みみ ear   
衆
シュウ   シュ    populace, multitude   
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血
ケツ   ち blood   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
皿
さら dish   
乑
three men
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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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待
タイ   まつ to wait   
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彳
step
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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