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せんじつ
先日
かれ
わたし
はな
した
こと
ぜんぜん
全然
いみ
意味
なさない
What he told us the other day simply doesn't make sense, does it?
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
the other day; a few days ago
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pronoun
1. he; him
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1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
2. to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
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noun
1. thing; matter  (often written with kana only)
2. incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis  (often written with kana only)
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1. not at all (with neg. verb)
2. wholly; entirely; completely
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meaning; significance
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'su' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to build up; to establish  (esp. 成す; often written with kana only)
2. to form; to become (a state)  (esp. 成す; often written with kana only)
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Kanji
セン   さき ahead   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
legs
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
ワ   はな to talk   はなし talking   
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ゼツ   した tongue   
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セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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ゼン   まった entirely   すべ everything   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
オウ    king   
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ゼン   ネン    resemble   
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ケン   いぬ dog   
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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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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
dot   
ニク body part   
fire
イ    idea   
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オン   イン   sound   おと    ね    
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リツ   リュウ   た to stand   たてる to build   
シン   こころ heart   
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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ミ    not yet   
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