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せんそう
戦争
が
はじ
始
まったとき、
わたし
私
たちはそこに
じゅう
１０
ねんかん
年間
す
住
んでいた。
We had lived there for ten years when the war broke out.
Grammar and points of interest
時（とき） 時（とき）
 
when
戦争が始まったとき、私たちはそこに１０年間住んでいた。
particle に particle に
 
an overview of the uses of に
戦争が始まったとき、私たちはそこに１０年間住んでいた。
Conjugations and inflections
  始まった is the past form of 'ru' godan verb 始まる   ALL INFLECTIONS
  住んでいた is the past form of the progressive form of 'mu' godan verb 住む   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
せ ん そ う 0
war
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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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と き 2
Most common form: 時
noun
1. time; hour; moment  (刻 signifies a time of day, 秋 signifies an important time)
noun, adverb
2. occasion; case
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わ た し た ち 3
we; us
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そ こ 0
Most common form: 底
noun
bottom; sole
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ね ん か ん 0
years (period of)
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す む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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Kanji
戦
セン   いくさ battle, war   たたかう to do battle   
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単
タン    simple   
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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   
⺍
small
田
デン   た rice field   
戈
tasseled spear
争
ソウ   あらそう to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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⺈
corner
肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
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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私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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禾
grain
年
ネン   とし year   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヰ
wheel around
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間
カン   ケン   あいだ interval, between   ま space, room   
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
門
モン   かど gate   
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住
ジュウ   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
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